作为迄今唯一获得过诺贝尔文学奖的美国剧作家、美国戏剧之父尤金·奥尼尔(1888—1953)在美国文学史上占有不可取代的地位。约翰·亨利·罗利在《尤金·奥尼尔:其人其作》中指出:“几乎从任何角度来看,无论是题材、主题、形式还是语言,奥尼尔都是第二次美国文艺复兴的关键人 Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953), the only American dramatist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature so far, occupies an irreplaceable position in the history of American literature. John Henry Rowley points out in Eugene O’Neill: The Work of Other People: ”Aliens are the second American Renaissance, in almost any sense, in terms of themes, themes, forms, and languages Key people