Strange Interlude (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: New England and New York
- Genres: Realism, Drama, Psychological drama
- Subjects: Husbands, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Wives, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Psychology or psychologists, New York City, Marriage, 1920’s, 1930’s, New England, Adultery, Neuroses
- Locales: New York, New England
Characters Discussed
Nina Leeds, a young woman driven to the verge of madness by the wartime death of Gordon Shaw, the man whom she was to marry. After leaving home and going to work as a nurse, Nina gives herself promiscuously to the soldiers in the hospital. To Nina’s disturbed mind, this promiscuity is atonement for her failure to give herself to Gordon. Finally, realizing that she needs normal love objects to distract her from her morbid obsession with her own guilt, she marries Sam Evans, only to discover that there is madness in his family. Ridding herself of Sam’s...
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Eugene O’Neill (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Eugene O’Neill (Dictionary of World Biography)Eugene O’Neill (Censorship)Eugene O’Neill (Identities and Issues)Eugene O’Neill (Drama)
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