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House Not Meant to Stand : A Gothic Comedy by Tennessee Williams (2008, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNew Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN-100811217094
ISBN-139780811217095
eBay Product ID (ePID)63877587
Product Key Features
Book TitleHouse Not Meant to Stand : a Gothic Comedy
Number of Pages128 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, American / General, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreDrama, Fiction
AuthorTennessee Williams
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.9 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2007-049511
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal812/.54
SynopsisThe spellbinding last full-length play produced during the author's lifetime is now published for the first time. Christmas 1982: Cornelius and Bella McCorkle of Pascagoula, Mississippi, return home one midnight in a thunderstorm from the Memphis funeral of their older son to a house and a life literally falling apart--daughter Joanie is in an insane asylum and their younger son Charlie is upstairs having sex with his pregnant, holy-roller girlfriend as the McCorkles enter. Cornelius, who has political ambitions and a litany of health problems, is trying to find a large amount of moonshine money his gentle wife Bella has hidden somewhere in their collapsing house, but his noisy efforts are disrupted by a stream of remarkable characters, both living and dead. While Williams often used drama to convey hope and desperation in human hearts, it was through this dark, expressionistic comedy, which he called a "Southern gothic spook sonata," that he was best able to chronicle his vision of the fragile state of our world., The spellbinding last full-length play produced during the author's lifetime is now published for the first time., While Williams often used drama to convey hope and desperation in human hearts, it was through this dark, expressionistic comedy, which he called a "Southern gothic spook sonata," that he was best able to chronicle his vision of the fragile state of our world., Christmas 1982: Cornelius and Bella McCorkle of Pascagoula, Mississippi, return home one midnight in a thunderstorm from the Memphis funeral of their older son to a house and a life literally falling apart--daughter Joanie is in an insane asylum and their younger son Charlie is upstairs having sex with his pregnant, holy-roller girlfriend as the McCorkles enter. Cornelius, who has political ambitions and a litany of health problems, is trying to find a large amount of moonshine money his gentle wife Bella has hidden somewhere in their collapsing house, but his noisy efforts are disrupted by a stream of remarkable characters, both living and dead. While Williams often used drama to convey hope and desperation in human hearts, it was through this dark, expressionistic comedy, which he called a "Southern gothic spook sonata," that he was best able to chronicle his vision of the fragile state of our world.
LC Classification NumberPS3545.I5365H68 2008
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