Bøger af Doris Alexander

This text explores the creative processes in four classic works: "Death in Venice", "Treasure Island", "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" and "War and Peace". It considers how each of these works was compelled by an urgent life problem - conscious or unconscious - of its author.

This study draws on research concerning the lives of Eugene O'Neill, his family and his circle. It corrects and expands the biographical record on him and distinguishes the man and his life from the creations that were inspired by, and drew on, that life. Included are his attempted suicide, his tuberculosis, and his relationship with his parents.