Tennessee Williams - A Streetcar Named Desire/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) are major plays by Tennessee Williams, one of America''s most significant dramatists. They both received landmark productions and are widely-studied and performed around the world. The plays have also inspired popular screen adaptations and have generated a body of important and lasting scholarship.In this indispensable Reader''s Guide, Thomas P. Adler:- Charts the development of the criticism surrounding both works, from the mid-twentieth century through to the present day- Provides a readable assessment of the key debates and issues- Examines a range of theoretical approaches from biographical and New Criticism to feminist and queer theoryIn so doing, Adler helps us to appreciate why these plays continue to fascinate readers, theatregoers and directors alike.>

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Adler, Thomas P. Adler, ADLER THOMAS P
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2012
• EAN: 9780230228689
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22868-9
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism; Readers' Guides to Essential C; Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism; Readers' Guides to Essential C
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; B, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, America—Literatures, North American Literature, Literary studies: plays and playwrights