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Understanding Tennessee Williams by Alice Griffin (2011, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of South Carolina Press
ISBN-101611170060
ISBN-139781611170061
eBay Product ID (ePID)99657232
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameUnderstanding Tennessee Williams
Publication Year2011
SubjectDrama, Theater / History & Criticism, American / General
TypeTextbook
AuthorAlice Griffin
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Performing Arts
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsUnderstanding Tennessee Williams is exemplary in its achievements. . . . We have [here] a handbook to help us see the broad scope of Williams's impact and influence in American drama. If ever there was an American playwright who needs and deserves understanding, it is Tennessee Williams. Southern Quarterly
Dewey Edition20
Dewey Decimal812/.54
SynopsisAlice Griffin offers an in-depth evaluation of the nine plays that established Tennessee Williams as America's greatest lyric dramatist. Describing him as the first playwright writing in English to combine full-blooded characters, theatricalism, and poetic dialogue, Griffin considers Williams both as a literary figure and as a stage innovator. Griffin analyzes the language, characters, dramatic effects, and staging of these classic plays, and she calls attention to Williams's unique gift for creating dialogue as lyrical poetry yet as authentic as everyday conversation. She reveals the importance of symbolism in his work, uncovers his often overlooked humor, and explains his insistence on "plastic" presentations. Griffin also chronicles the resistance that Williams met when he tried to bring his revolutionary staging ideas to the commercial theater. Griffin viewed the plays as originally staged and discussed them with the playwright, the directors, and the actors. From her association with these initial productions, Griffin shares her knowledge of Williams's frustration with the presentation of his work. She remedies what she considers to be misguided interpretations of those early productions by measuring the original stage productions against Williams's stated aims., Provides an in-depth evaluation of the nine plays that established Tennessee Williams as America's greatest lyric dramatist. Describing him as the first playwright writing in English to combine full-blooded characters, theatricalism, and poetic dialogue, this considers Williams both as a literary figure and as a stage innovator., Alice Griffin offers an in-depth evaluation of the nine plays that established Tennessee Williams as America's greatest lyric dramatist. Describing Williams as the first playwright writing in English to combine full-blooded characters, theatricalism, and poetic dialogue, Griffin analyzes the language, characters, dramatic effects, and staging of his classic plays and calls attention to Williams's unique gift for creating dialogue as lyrical poetry yet as authentic as everyday conversation. She reveals the importance of symbolism in his work, uncovers his often overlooked humor, and explains his insistence on "plastic" presentations. Griffin also chronicles the resistance that Williams met when he tried to bring his revolutionary staging ideas to the commercial theater.
LC Classification NumberPS3545.I5365Z664
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