Contents: Preface. 1. Existentialism : text and context. 2. The making of the playwright. 3. Search for identity in the plays of Grirish Karnard. 4. Quest for completeness in the plays of Girish Karnad. 5. Conclusions. Bibliography. Index.

The book comprises five chapters. The first chapter Text and context highlights the tenets of existentialism from the period of socrates to present time and concentrates on its characteristics as a modern philosophical thought.  It offers details of the idea of exitentialism which is a modern philosophical thought. Chapter II. The Making of Playwright deals with the biographical details regarding the playwright Girish Karnad, and attempts to touch all possible fringe of the personality of the playwright. Chapter III . Search for Identity in the plays of Karnad highlights playwright's treatment of existentialism a modern philosophy related to man's existence. Chapter IV. Quest for completeness in the plays of Karnad's explores the quest of protagonists for completeness. Conclusion offers the fruits of existentialism in the play of Karnad. it is hoped that the present book will be of tremendous use to researches and other academicians who are working on Girish Karnad. (jacket)