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By Women Possessed

A Life of Eugene O'Neill

By Women Possessed( )
Author: Gelb, Arthur
Gelb, Barbara
ISBN:978-0-399-15911-4
Publication Date:Dec 2016
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Putnam Adult
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $100.00
Book Description:

Eugene O'Neill is the acknowledged father of modern American theatre, the man who paved the way for the likes of Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee and a host of others. By Women Possessed is the last volume in an epic biography of O'Neill, following him through his great successes, the failures he was able to shrug off and the long eclipse: a twelve-year period in which, despite the Nobel, nothing he wrote was produced. A fascinating and necessary work from acclaimed...
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Book Details
Pages:896
Detailed Subjects: Literary Criticism / Drama
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.5 x 24 x 4.4 cm
Book Weight:1.278 Kilograms
Author Biography
Gelb, Arthur (Author)
Arthur Neal Gelb was born in East Harlem, New York on February 3, 1924. He dropped out of City College to work as a copy boy for The New York Times in 1944. He graduated from New York University in 1946. He held many positions at The Times including critic, chief cultural correspondent, metropolitan editor, deputy managing editor, and managing editor. He retired at the end of 1989.

He and his wife Barbara Gelb wrote several books together including Bellevue Is My Home, O'Neill, O'Neill: Life with Monte Cristo, and By Women Possessed: A Life of Eugene O'Neill. He died from complications of a stroke on May 20, 2014 at the age of 90.

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