Tennessee Williams and Europe : intercultural encounters, transatlantic exchange / edited by John S. Bak ; contributors, Johan Callens [and sixteen others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bak, John S., editor.

Callens, Johan, contributor.

Series:

DQR studies in literature ; 54.

DQR Studies in Literature ; 54

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama--20th century--History and criticism.

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

Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Rodopi, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tennessee Williams and Europe: Intercultural Encounters, Transatlantic Exchanges documents the bi-directional exchange of ideas and images between Williams and post-war Europe that have altered the artistic landscapes of both continents. Fifteen Williams scholars from around the world examine this artistic symbiosis and explore avenues of research mostly uncharted in Williams scholarship to date, including our understanding of the early Williams and the uses he made of various European sources in his theatre; the late Williams and the promise European theatre afforded him with his experimental plays; and the posthumous Williams and his influence on late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century European theatre and cinema. To some extent both a product of and a muse for Europe over the last half century, Williams is well positioned to become America’s most famous playwright on the international stage. This book hopes to mark the beginnings of Williams’ rich critical tradition within that global context.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors Tennessee Williams and Europe

INTRODUCTION / JOHN S. BAK

EN AVANT! TENNESSEE WILLIAMS BETWEEN HYPERBOREA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN / FELICIA HARDISON LONDRÉ

“VIOLETS and CARNATIONS SOLD ON EVERY CORNER”: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS, EUROPE AND FLOWERS / JAMES M. DELPRINCE

“LIGHTNING IN A CLOUD”: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ THEATRICAL EXPRESSIONISM / HENRY I. SCHVEY

SERGEI EISENSTEIN, HOLLYWOOD AND TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ “PLASTIC THEATRE” / RICHARD HAYES

THE VIEW FROM HERE AND ABROAD: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND 1950's HOLLYWOOD CINEMA / R. BARTON PALMER

WILLIAMS AND BERGMAN, LUST AND DEATH: CULTURALLY TRANSLATING A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE IN POST-WAR SWEDEN / DIRK GINDT

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ LADIES SPEAK ITALIAN: CINEMATIC VOICES ON STAGE AND IN DUBBING / ALESSANDRO CLERICUZIO

SEA, SUN AND “QUIEN SABE!”: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND SPAIN / LAURA TORRES-ZÚÑIGA

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS IN SPAIN: THE EARLY YEARS (1945-1957) / RAMÓN ESPEJO ROMERO

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ON THE BULGARIAN STAGE: COLD WAR POLITICS AND POLITICS OF RECEPTION / KORNELIA SLAVOVA

THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS?: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS IN FRANCE AND GERMANY / DAVID SAVRAN

THEIR DATE WITH EACH OTHER FROM THE BEGINNING: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND HAROLD PINTER / MICHAEL PALLER

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS AND IVO VAN HOVE AT HOME ABROAD / JOHAN CALLENS

UN TRAMWAY: WARLIKOWSKI’S DESIRE TO REIGNITE AMERICAN THEATRE IN EUROPE / XAVIER LEMOINE

PEDRO ALMODÓVAR’S “HOMAGE” TO TENNESSEE WILLIAMS / MICHAEL S. D. HOOPER

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS / Editors Tennessee Williams and Europe

INDEX / Editors Tennessee Williams and Europe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 25, 2014).

ISBN:

94-012-1127-2

OCLC:

889706147