Strange Interlude (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1928
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: After World War I
- 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
Places Discussed
Leeds home. New England home in which the first two acts are set. The location suggests the domination of Nina’s puritanical father over her adolescence, and his priggishness is mirrored in his well-ordered study. In the second act, after Leeds dies, his study falls into disarray, suggesting that his values are not perpetuated in the modern world. Once he is gone, Nina is free to marry Sam Evans, a likable figure who, like Nina, worships the memory of Gordon Shaw, the fiancé she lost in World War I.
Evans homestead. Decaying house that is an apt...
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