Magical muse : millennial essays on Tennessee Williams / edited by Ralph F. Voss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Voss, Ralph F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Williams, Tennessee.

Authors, American--20th century.

Authors, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this unique and engaging collection, 12 essays celebrate the legacy of one of America's most important playwrights and investigate Williams's enduring effect on America's cultural, theatrical, and literary heritage. Like Faulkner before him, Tennessee Williams gave universal appeal to southern characters and settings. His major plays, from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Glass Menagerie to A Streetcar Named Desire and Night of the Iguana, continue to capture America's popular imagination, a significant legacy. Though he died in 1983, only recently have Williams's papers become available to th

Contents:

Tennessee Williams scholarship at the turn of the century / by George W. Crandell

The year 1939 : becoming Tennessee Williams / by Albert J. Devlin

"Tiger, tiger!" : Blanche's rape on screen / by Nancy M. Tischler

The escape that failed : Tennessee and Rose Williams / by Michael Paller

Four characters in search of a company : Williams, Pirandello, and the Cat on a hot tin roof manuscripts / by Jeffrey B. Loomis

The metaphysics of Tennessee Williams / by Robert Siegel

The family of Mitch : (un)suitable suitors in Tennessee Williams / by Philip C. Kolin

In the bar of a Tokyo hotel : breaking the code / by Allean Hale

"Entitled to write about her life" : Tennessee Williams and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald / by Jackson R. Bryer

"It's another Elvis sighting, and ... my God ... he's with Tennessee Williams!" / by Barbara M. Harris

Tennessee Williams in New Orleans / by W. Kenneth Holditch

Tennessee Williams : the angel and the crocodile / by Dan Sullivan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-1365-6

OCLC:

427567552