Title: Down the nights and down the days
First published: 1996
Description: The latest book from veteran O'Neillian Edward L. Shaughnessy, Down the Nights and Down the Days: Eugene O'Neill's Catholic Sensibility examines a major aspect of the playwright's vision: the influence of his Catholic heritage upon his moral imagination. Critics, aware of O'Neill's early renunciation of faith (at age 15), have been inclined to overlook this presence in his work. However, Shaughnessy makes no attempt to reclaim O'Neill for Catholicism.

But Shaughnessy does uncover evidence that O'Neill retained the impress of his Irish Catholic upbringing and acculturation.
Subjects: Doctrines, Catholics, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Drama, Irish Americans, Catholics in literature, History and criticism, American Dramatists, American drama, Drama, Religion, Dramatists, American, Intellectual life, Catholic authors, Christianity, Catholic Church, Biography, O'neill, eugene, 1888-1953, Catholic church, doctrines, American drama, history and criticism, 20th century, Catholics, united states, Religion and drama
Places: United States
People: Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3529.N5 Z79696 1997