Long Day's Journey into Night

A play about a family of four psychologically disturbed people reveals aspects of the author's own life.

... an autobiographical account of his explosive home life.... a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor, and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and misfit,....

.... a brief introduction to the work; discussion of the work's historical setting; an overview of the events of the time that the work was written; and the work in focus....

.... a single, consistent reference to document and analyze periods of contemporary American social history.

....a broad understanding of the various contexts - from the biographical to the literary to the historical - in which literature can be viewed.