My friend Tom [electronic resource] : the poet-playwright Tennessee Williams / William Jay Smith ; foreword by Suzanne Marrs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, William Jay, 1918-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983--Criticism and interpretation.

Williams, Tennessee.

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983--Friends and associates.

Smith, William Jay, 1918---Friends and associates.

Smith, William Jay.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tennessee Williams was one of the most acclaimed, popular, and controversial American playwrights of the twentieth century. In his early years, Williams concentrated his literary talents just as intently on poetry as on plays. Watching over him during this critical learning period was the author of this book, a close friend of Williams, who met Williams in St. Louis as both were embarking on careers as writers. The book is at once the author's critical analysis of Williams's early work, a brief biography of Williams during his development stages as a writer, and a meditation on his friend's career.

Contents:

Thomas Lanier Williams, Washington University: St. Louis, 1935 1940

Battle of angels: Boston, 1940

The glass menagerie: New York, 1946

The poet, lyric and dramatic

A streetcar named desire: New York, 1947

Williams and Frank Merlo: Florence, 1949

With Williams at a performance of America hurrah by Jean- Claude van Itallie: New York, 1966

Reading of Williams at Lynchburg College: Virginia, 1979

Clothes for a summer hotel: New York, March 26, 1980

Award of Medal of Freedom to Williams by President Carter: The White House, June 9, 1980

Death of Tennessee Williams: New York, February 24, 1983.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-38209-1

9786613382092

1-61703-176-3

OCLC:

923705343