The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams [Paperback]

This 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.This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading scholars in the field. This wide-ranging volume covers Williams's works, from the early apprenticeship years through to his last play before his death in 1983, Something Cloudy, Something Clear. In addition to essays on the major plays, the contributors also consider selected minor plays, short stories, poems, and biographical concerns. The Companion to Tennessee Williams also features a bibliographic essay surveying the major critical statements on Williams.This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading scholars in the field. This wide-ranging volume covers Williams's works, from the early apprenticeship years through to his last play before his death in 1983, Something Cloudy, Something Clear. In addition to essays on the major plays, the contributors also consider selected minor plays, short stories, poems, and biographical concerns. The Companion to Tennessee Williams also features a bibliographic essay surveying the major critical statements on Williams.This is a collection of thirteen original essays from a team of leading Williams scholars. This wide-ranging volume covers Williams' works, from the early apprenticeship years through to his last play before his death in 1983. In addition to essays on the major plays, the contributors also consider selected minor plays, short stories, poems, and biographical concerns. The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams also features a bibliographic essay surveying the major critical statements on Williams.List of illustrations and acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Chronology; Introduction Matthew C. Roudan?; 1. Early Williams: the making of a playwright Allean Hale; 2. Entering The Glass Menagerie C. W. E. Bigsby; 3. A streetcar running fifty years Felicia HardlCs