Critical Companion to Tennessee Williams

Greta HeintzelmanDramatists, American
Critical Companion to Tennessee Williams

Author: Greta Heintzelman

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

ISBN: 9781438108568

Category: Dramatists, American

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One of the greatest American dramatists of the 20th century, Tennessee Williams is known for his sensitive characterizations, poetic yet realistic writing, ironic humor, and depiction, of harsh realties in human relationship. His work is frequently included in high school and college curricula, and his plays are continually produced. Critical Companion to Tennessee Williams includes entries on all of Williams's major and minor works, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie, a novel, a collection of short stories, two poetry collections, and personal essays; places and events related to his works; major figures in his life; his literary influences; and issues in Williams scholarship and criticism. Appendixes include a complete list of Williams's works; a list of research libraries with significant Williams holdings; and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

The Metatheater of Tennessee Williams

Laura MichielsLiterary Criticism
The Metatheater of Tennessee Williams

Author: Laura Michiels

Publisher: McFarland

ISBN: 9781476642581

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 261

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Tennessee Williams' characters set the stage for their own dramas. Blanche DuBois (A Streetcar Named Desire), arrived at her sister's apartment with an entire trunk of costumes and props. Amanda Wingfield (The Glass Menagerie) directed her son on how to eat and tries to make her daughter act like a Southern Belle. This book argues for the persistence of one metatheatrical strategy running throughout Williams' entire oeuvre: each play stages the process through which it came into being--and this process consists of a variation on repetition combined with transformation. Each chapter takes a detailed reading of one play and its variation on repetition and transformation. Specific topics include reproduction in Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), mediation in Something Cloudy, Something Clear (1981), and how the playwright frequently recycled previous works of art, including his own.

Reading and Interpreting the Works of Tennessee Williams

Spring HermannJuvenile Nonfiction
Reading and Interpreting the Works of Tennessee Williams

Author: Spring Hermann

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC

ISBN: 9780766083462

Category: Juvenile Nonfiction

Page: 162

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As a child growing up in the Deep South, Tom “Tennessee” Williams escaped from his tumultuous home life by retreating into his imagination. His love for made-up stories would eventually translate into a propensity for writing drama and poetry. This compelling text places the playwright’s work in the context of his life and times, allowing readers to gain a greater understanding of the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. Featuring quotes, excerpts, and in-depth critical analysis of his most famous plays as well as his lesser-known works, the text provides an in-depth look at this hard-working, prolific playwright considered by many to be among the greatest of his time.

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams

Stephen BottomsDrama
A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams

Author: Stephen Bottoms

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 9781472528728

Category: Drama

Page: 296

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A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams provides the essential guide to Williams' most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on four of Williams' plays: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether readers are wanting a summary of the play, a commentary on the themes or characters, or a discussion of the work in performance, they can readily find what they need to develop their understanding and aid their appreciation of Williams' artistry. A chronology of the writer's life and work helps to situate all his works in context and the introduction reinforces this by providing a clear overview of Williams' writing, its recurrent themes and concerns and how these are intertwined with his life and times. For each play the author provides a summary of the plot, followed by commentary on: * The context * Themes * Characters * Structure and language * The play in production (both on stage and screen adaptations) Questions for study, and notes on words and phrases in the text are also supplied to aid the reader. The wealth of authoritative and clear commentary on each play, together with further questions that encourage comparison across Williams' work and related plays by other leading writers, ensures that this is the clearest and fullest guide to Williams' greatest plays.

The Theatre of Tennessee Williams

Brenda MurphyLiterary Criticism
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams

Author: Brenda Murphy

Publisher: A&C Black

ISBN: 9781408145333

Category: Literary Criticism

Page: 246

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This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Perfect for students of English Literature, Theatre Studies and American Studies at college and university, The Theatre of Tennessee Williams provides a lucid and stimulating analysis of Willams' dramatic work by one of America's leading scholars. With the centennial of his birth celebrated amid a flurry of conferences devoted to his work in 2011, and his plays a central part of any literature and drama curriculum and uibiquitous in theatre repertoires, he remains a giant of twentieth century literature and drama. In Brenda Murphy's major study of his work she examines his life and career and provides an analysis of more than a score of his key plays, including in-depth studies of major works such as A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and others. She traces the artist figure who features in many of Williams' plays to broaden the discussion beyond the normal reference points. As with other volumes in Methuen Drama's Critical Companions series, this book features too essays by Bruce McConachie, John S. Bak, Felicia Hardison Londré and Annette Saddik, offering perspectives on different aspects of Williams' work that will assist students in their own critical thinking.

Student Companion to Elie Wiesel

Sanford Sternlicht
Student Companion to Elie Wiesel

Author: Sanford Sternlicht

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN: 0313325308

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Page: 160

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This volume offers critical analysis of all of Wiesel's major writings, as well as selected nonfiction including essays, Bible studies, plays, and more.

Student Companion to Ernest Hemingway

Lisa TylerReference
Student Companion to Ernest Hemingway

Author: Lisa Tyler

Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group

ISBN: 0313310564

Category: Reference

Page: 210

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Provides a fascinating account of Ernest Hemingway's life, relating the man to his work, and explores the stylistic and thematic concerns in his extensive canon of fiction.