Eugene O'Neill's Last Plays: Separating Art from AutobiographyThis study draws on new and unprecedented research concerning the lives of Eugene O'Neill, his family, and his circle. It corrects and expands the biographical record on O'Neill, sharpens our understanding of his art, and distinguishes the man and his life more clearly than ever from the creations that were inspired by, and drew on, that life. In his final creative years, 1939 to 1943, O'Neill wrote The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey into Night,