Desire Under The Elms – Eugene O’Neill- By P.P. Mehta

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Desire Under The Elms – O’ Neil ,Original Author – O’ Neil , Author – P.P. Mehta, ISBN Code – 978-93-88297-14-1

 

Edited with: General Introduction, Special Introduction, Character- Sketches  Complete Paraphrase of the Text, Scene wise Summary, Explanations, Questions & Answers, etc.

 

General Introduction

Eugene O’Neill’s Life and Career

Major Plays of O’Neill

Eugene O’Neill and Modern American Drama: A Historical Perspective

Expressionistic Drama or Playwrights of Protest

O’Neill’s Art of Plot Construction

O’Neill’s Heroes and Heroines

O’Neill’s Diction

O’Neill as a Tragic Artist

O’Neill’s Symbolism

O’Neill Realism or Illusion and Reality in the Plays of O’Neill

O’Neill as Poetic-Dramatis

Expressionism in the Play of O’Neill

A General Estimate of O’Neill as a Dramatist

Select Literary Criticism

O’Neill: Chronology of Important Dates

Special Introduction

Introduction to the Play

Outline Story of the Play

Persons and Places in the Play

Plot-Construction of the Play

The Title of the Play

The Themes in the Play

Realism in the Play

Symbolism in the Play

Dionysian and Apollonian Forces in the Play

Mysticism in the Play

Melodramatic Element in the Play

Major Characters in the Play

Minor Characters in the Play

Critical Appreciation of the Play

Critical Extracts

Complete Paraphrase of the Text

Scene wise Summary with Critical Comments

Explanations of Important Passages

Questions and Answers