{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-tennessee-williams-hardback-9780521495332","title":"The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams (Hardback) 9780521495332","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis collection of thirteen original essays covers Williams's work from the early apprenticeship years in the 1930s to his last play before his death in 1983.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMatthew C. Roudané (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521495332, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 December 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 5 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.595 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The addition of Tennessee Williams to the list of subjects in this distinguished series of critical essays confirms his international status among twentieth-century authors. In celebrating his achievement, the critics in this collection offer analysis rather than censure, place Williams' plays in the context of critical thought and provide directors with a basis for mounting the plays afresh.' Studies in Theatre Production\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Matthew C. Roudané\u003cbr\u003e 1. Early Williams: the making of a playwright Allean Hale\u003cbr\u003e 2. Entering The Glass Menagerie C. W. E. Bigsby\u003cbr\u003e 3. A streetcar running fifty years Felicia Hardison Londré\u003cbr\u003e 4. Camino Real: Williams's allegory about the fifties Jan Balakian\u003cbr\u003e 5. Writing in 'A Place of Stone': Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Albert J. Devlin\u003cbr\u003e 6. Before the fall - and after: Summer and Smoke and The Night of the Iguana Thomas P. Adler\u003cbr\u003e 7. The sacrificial stud and the fugitive female in Suddenly Last Summer, Orpheus Descending, and Sweet Bird of Youth John M. Clum\u003cbr\u003e 8. Romantic textures in Tennessee Williams's plays and short stories Nancy M. Tischler\u003cbr\u003e 9. Seeking direction Brenda Murphy\u003cbr\u003e 10. Hollywood in crisis: Tennessee Williams and the evolution of the adult film R. Barton Palmer\u003cbr\u003e 11. Tennessee Williams: the last two decades Ruby Cohn\u003cbr\u003e 12. Words on Williams: a bibliographical essay Jacqueline O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Strangest Kind of Romance: Tennessee Williams and his Broadway critics Jacqueline O'Connor\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: plays \u0026amp; playwrights\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20plays%20\u0026amp;%20playwrights%20%5BDSG%5D%22\"\u003eDSG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005901885720,"sku":"9780521495332","price":73.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521495332i_bc141825-14b4-4614-b580-897f03db6c90.jpg?v=1691383080","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-tennessee-williams-hardback-9780521495332","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}