Critical Companion To Tennessee Williams

Author : Greta Heintzelman,Alycia Smith Howard
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Dramatists, American
ISBN : 9781438108568

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Critical Companion to Tennessee Williams by Greta Heintzelman,Alycia Smith Howard Pdf

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.

Author : Greta Heintzelman,Alycia Smith-Howard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0816064296

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Critical Companion to Tennessee Williams by Greta Heintzelman,Alycia Smith-Howard Pdf

An encyclopedic guide to the dramatist includes entries on Tennessee Williams's works and characters, influential people in his life, important places, and literary terms.

Author : Matthew C. Roudané
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781107493827

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The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams by Matthew C. Roudané Pdf

This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading scholars in the field. In this wide-ranging volume, the contributors cover a healthy sampling of Williams's works, from the early apprenticeship years in the 1930s through to his last play before his death in 1983, Something Cloudy, Something Clear. In addition to essays on such major plays as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, among others, the contributors also consider selected minor plays, short stories, poems, and biographical concerns. The Companion also features a chapter on selected key productions as well as a bibliographic essay surveying the major critical statements on Williams.

Author : Stephen Sadler Stanton
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : American drama
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003959595

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Tennessee Williams by Stephen Sadler Stanton Pdf

A collection of critical essays analyzing his work, sensitivity to dialogue, his comic talent and theatrical flair.

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9781438113494

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Tennessee Williams, Updated Edition by Harold Bloom Pdf

Presents a collection of critical essays on Williams and his works, arranged in chronological order of publication.

Author : Matthew C. Roudané
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997-12-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 052149883X

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The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams by Matthew C. Roudané Pdf

This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading scholars in the field. In this wide-ranging volume, the contributors cover a healthy sampling of Williams's works, from the early apprenticeship years in the 1930s through to his last play before his death in 1983, Something Cloudy, Something Clear. In addition to essays on such major plays as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, among others, the contributors also consider selected minor plays, short stories, poems, and biographical concerns. The Companion also features a chapter on selected key productions as well as a bibliographic essay surveying the major critical statements on Williams.

Author : Thomas Adler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137292834

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Tennessee Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Thomas Adler Pdf

A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) are major plays by Tennessee Williams, one of America's most significant dramatists. They both received landmark productions and are widely-studied and performed around the world. The plays have also inspired popular screen adaptations and have generated a body of important and lasting scholarship. In this indispensable Reader's Guide, Thomas P. Adler: - Charts the development of the criticism surrounding both works, from the mid-twentieth century through to the present day - Provides a readable assessment of the key debates and issues - Examines a range of theoretical approaches from biographical and New Criticism to feminist and queer theory In so doing, Adler helps us to appreciate why these plays continue to fascinate readers, theatregoers and directors alike.

Author : Nancy M. Tischler
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313312380

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Student Companion to Tennessee Williams by Nancy M. Tischler Pdf

From his earliest success in 1945 with the poignant The Glass Menagerie, until his final curtain call with the 1979 production of The Two-Character Play, Tennessee Williams never stopped experimenting with theatrical techniques and striving to explain his richly provocative ideas. This new critical study of Williams traces the shape of the playwright's life and career, both full of wanderings, failures, love, anguish, and unparalleled triumphs. Incorporating much of the new information that is emerging in the recent publication of letters, biographies, and previously unpublished plays, this Student Companion distills a vast body of scholarship to give a fresh and accessible presentation of the key elements of Williams' complicated works. In-depth analysis of 7 of Williams' plays explore the literary styles, themes, and influences Williams drew from poetry, movies, mythology, religion, and personal experiences. This book allows the general reader and theatre enthusiast a glimpse at the shape of his life, his mind, and his work. Readers will come to appreciate why plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) have come to be considered American classics. Following the successful series format, this volume introduces readers to Tennessee Williams with a richly detailed biography, followed by a Literary Heritage chapter. A full chapter is devoted to examining each of his major plays. In addition to analysis of character, plot, themes, and style, each play is also given an alternate reading from formal, feminist, psychological, gay, or theological criticism. The concluding bibliography cites all of Williams' dramatic output, as well as his poetry and prose. It also gives many sources for biographical information, criticism of individual works, and original reviews from the first staging of his plays. Students and their teachers should find this volume interesting and easy to follow.

Author : Jennifer Banach
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781438127675

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Bloom's How to Write about Tennessee Williams by Jennifer Banach Pdf

Offers advice on writing essays about the works of Tennessee Williams and lists sample topics.

Author : John S. McCann
Publisher : Hall Reference Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012157819

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The Critical Reputation of Tennessee Williams by John S. McCann Pdf

Author : Paul Ibell
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780237107

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Tennessee Williams by Paul Ibell Pdf

Few writers have brought more of their life into their works than famed playwright Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III. His characters have often served as proxies for himself, his mother, and especially his tragically unstable sister, Rose, who many consider to be the inspiration for Williams’s iconic female leads Blanche DuBois and Laura Wingfield. In this gripping new biography, Paul Ibell looks at Williams as a poet, playwright, brother, homosexual, alcoholic, drug addict, and, ultimately, a deeply passionate soul whose operatically intense plays were a vibrant reflection of life. Ibell discusses Williams’s early plays that have become household names: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. But he also rescues Williams’s later works from critical obscurity, uncovering overlooked values in them. He explores the importance of Europe on the Southerner’s imagination, following Williams and his companion—Gore Vidal—through holiday after holiday in Italy; and he looks, especially, at the theme for which Williams became most known: the power of sexual attraction and the tragedy of its loss when we—as we all must do—grow old. Punchy, accessible, and fabulously illuminating, this critical biography is a must-read for any admirer of American theater, literature, or the passionate lives of those who define them.

Author : Brenda Murphy
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781408145333

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The Theatre of Tennessee Williams by Brenda Murphy Pdf

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.

Author : Laura Michiels
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476642581

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The Metatheater of Tennessee Williams by Laura Michiels Pdf

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.

Author : S. E. Gontarski
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781785276880

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Tennessee Williams, T-shirt Modernism and the Refashionings of Theater by S. E. Gontarski Pdf

Tennessee Williams, T-shirt Modernism and the Refashionings of Theater reappraises the received wisdom that Williams’s work fell into decline in the late 1960 as the Naturalism he was associated with, not always through his own choice, was replaced by European theatrical experimentalism and as culture saw a lifting of sexual restrictions. It suggests, instead, that Williams was always experimental, always more Chekhov than Ibsen, a lyrical playwright inflected with the poetry of Harte Crane, and that his late plays are as central to Williams’s reshaping of American theater as those works of the immediate post–World War II era that brought him fame and fortune. Its general aim, then, is to engage the perception that “Tennessee Williams is the greatest unknown playwright America has produced” (David Savran, City University of New York). In many respects the work of Tennessee Williams, after a protracted period of neglect, is primed for reappraisal , reinterpretations and, subsequently, re-stagings. This work is part of that process, academically at very least, but performatively as well as academic reinterest often regenerates theatrical reinterest.

Author : Shouhua Qi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031169342

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Culture, History, and the Reception of Tennessee Williams in China by Shouhua Qi Pdf

This book is the first comprehensive study of the reception of Tennessee Williams in China, from rejection and/or misgivings to cautious curiosity and to full-throated acceptance, in the context of profound changes in China’s socioeconomic and cultural life and mores since the end of the Cultural Revolution. It fills a conspicuous gap in scholarship in the reception of one of the greatest American playwrights and joins book-length studies of Chinese reception of Shakespeare, Ibsen, O’Neill, Brecht, and other important Western playwrights whose works have been eagerly embraced and appropriated and have had catalytic impact on modern Chinese cultural life.