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" The theatre of Tennessee Williams / "
Brenda Murphy
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BL
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646870
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Murphy, Brenda,1950-
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The theatre of Tennessee Williams /\ Brenda Murphy
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,, 2014
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Critical companions
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x, 307 pages ;; 22 cm
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9781780930251 (HB)
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: 1780930259 (HB)
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: 9781408145432 (PB)
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: 140814543X (PB)
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9781408145333 (ePub)
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1408145332 (ePub)
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9781408145326 (ePDF)
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1408145324 (ePDF)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-292) and index
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| Contents
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The 1930s' plays (1936-1940) -- Battle of angels and Orpheus descending (1939-1941 and 1957) -- The glass menagerie (1942-1945) -- Summer and smoke and Eccentricities of a nightingale (1945-1948 and 1964) -- A streetcar named desire (1945-1947) -- The rose tattoo and Camino real (1951 and 1946-1953) -- Cat on a hot tin roof (1951-1955) -- Suddenly last summer and Sweet bird of youth (1953-1959) -- The night of the iguana (1940-1948 and 1959-1961) -- The later plays (1961-1983) -- Critical perspectives. All in the timing : the meanings of Streetcar in 1947 and 1951 / Bruce McConachie -- A broken romance : Tennessee Williams and America's mid-century theatre culture / John S. Bak -- "A vast traumatic eye" : culture absorbed and refigured in Tennessee Williams's transitional plays / Felicia Hardison Londré -- "There's something not natural here" : grotesque ambiguities in Tennessee Williams's Kingdom of earth, A cavalier for milady, and A house not meant to stand / Annette J. Saddik
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This work provides an analysis of Willams's dramatic work. 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 ubiquitous in theatre repertoires, he remains a giant of twentieth century literature and drama. In this major study of his work the author 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's plays to broaden the discussion beyond the normal reference points. -- From publisher's website
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Williams, Tennessee,1911-1983-- Criticism and interpretation
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PS3545.I5365Z785 2014
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PS3545.I5365Z785 2014
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