tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post862553865207045721..comments2024-03-16T18:38:04.996-04:00Comments on Critics At Large : Prodigal Son: The Catholicism of Eugene O’NeillCritics at Largehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18073851963852030361noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1975416078255909953.post-57163467882058442212016-10-10T12:21:15.086-04:002016-10-10T12:21:15.086-04:00Hi, I like this piece very much, and your descript...Hi, I like this piece very much, and your description of the Irish: "the Irish are the people who throw back a Jameson, break into ebullient reels, and then slay you with a tragic ballad. Weighed down with collective psychic baggage accrued over centuries of suffering, they let alcohol uncork their pent up agony into an aesthetic emotional flood they’d readily drown in. " Oh, yes.<br /><br />I landed here because Eugene O'Neill is being inducted into the Poets Corner at St. John the Divine, in NYC. I was curious about his Catholicism, now that he will be enshrined in the great Episcopoal cathedral. http://www.stjohndivine.org/visit/calendar/events/liturgy-worship/14615/evensong-the-induction-of-eugene-oneillMapeelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149683683413237283noreply@blogger.com