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This volume in the Modern Dramatists series presents a comprehensive study of Williams' works. Beginning with an introduction and biography of his subject, Boxill's book examines Williams' dramatic and non-dramatic writings for their themes, their patterns, and archetypal characters. He surveys the early one-act plays, which comprise a gallery of miniature portraits of the faded belle and sketches of the wanderer; and analyzes in detail his most significant...
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"An extraordinary book that masterfully illuminates the dream-like writing world of Tennessee Williams; the actresses he worked with and those who inspired him to create his Amanda Wingfield, his Blanche DuBois, Stella Kowalski, Alma Winemiller, Lady Torrance, and the other now iconic characters of his plays that revolutionized the American theater of the mid-20th century"--
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"Gentlemen Callers provides a fascinating look at America's greatest twentieth-century playwright. Michael Paller examines Tennessee Williams's plays from the 1940s through the 1980s against the backdrop of the playwright's life story and the culture in which he worked, providing fresh details. Through this lens Paller examines the evolution of mid-twentieth-century America's acknowledgment and acceptance of homosexuality. From the early one-act Auto-da-Fe...
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