Bibliograph

Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

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Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-133) and indexWorks by Tennessee Williams: pages 128-130

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57432119

Responsibility statement

edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Series statement

Bloom's guides

Table Of Contents

Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical extracts -- Normand Berlin on desire and the character dialectic -- Frank Bradley on the metaphors of space -- Bert Cardullo on Blanche's relationship with Stella -- Ruby Cohn on modes of characterization -- Mary Ann Corrigan on illusion and reality -- Arthur Ganz on punishment and morality -- Alice Griffin on the symbols of light and water -- Britton J. Harwood on the ethics of Blanche and Williams -- Esther Merle Jackson on the anti-heroic cycle -- Philip C. Kolin on Mitch as Williams" suitor type -- Brenda Murphy on Kazan's perception of Steve and Eunice -- Jacqueline O'Connor on the patriarchy and commitment of females -- Nicholas Pagan on the significance of names -- Nicholas Pagan on the significance of music in characterization -- Leonard Quirino on the metaphor of games and cards -- John M. Roderick on Stanley as a psychological hero -- Nancy Tisschler on Stanley and Blanche as anti-thetical ideals

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Streetcar named Desire

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