Hal-- I don't know of anyone who would say that the later work is not dark, or that his output was altered from his more published period. Some have mistook this as marking a diminution of his creative ability. The output, though, is still remarkable, though most of the work is unfinished and unpublished. The debate centers on a couple of different quetsions: 1. whether or not this darkness in his work is difference in kind or degree, 2. whether or not the personal trials--family deaths, bankruptcy-- are the sole or major reason for the tone and for the lack of publication. Larry Howe