Confronting Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire : essays in critical pluralism /
Fifteen distinguished scholars contribute original essays that analyze A Streetcar Named Desire, one of the most significant plays in modern theatre, from various critical or cultural stances, methods, or modalities. Represented as individual points of view or touched upon in the analysis are the th...
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| Language: | English |
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Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
1993
Westport, Conn. : 1993 |
| Series: | Contributions in drama and theatre studies,
no. 50 Contributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 50 Contributions in drama and theatre studies no. 50 |
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Table of Contents:
- Reflections on/of A streetcar named Desire / Philip C. Kolin
- Readymade desire / Herbert Blau
- Marginalia : Streetcar, Williams, and Foucault / William Kleb
- There are lives that desire does not sustain : A streetcar named Desire / Calvin Bedient
- The ontological potentialities of antichaos and adaptation in A streetcar named Desire / Laura Morrow and Edward Morrow
- "We've had this date with each other from the beginning" : reading toward closure in A streetcar named Desire / June Schlueter
- Perceptual conflict and the perversion of creativity in A streetcar named Desire / Laurilyn J. Harris
- Eunice Hubbell and the feminist thematics of A streetcar named Desire / Philip C. Kolin
- The white goddess, ethnicity, and the politics of desire / Lionel Kelly
- The myth is the message, or why Streetcar keeps running / Mark Royden Winchell
- The broken world : romanticism, realism, naturalism in A streetcar named Desire / W. Kenneth Holditch
- Birth and death in A streetcar named Desire / Bert Cardullo
- A streetcar named Desire : the political and historical subtext / Robert Bray
- The cultural context of A streetcar named Desire in Germany / Jürgen C. Wolter
- A streetcar named Desire : play and film / Gene D. Phillips, S.J
- 1 Reflections on/of A Streetcar Named Desire / Phillip C. Kolin
- 2. Readymade Desire / Herbert Blau
- 3. Marginalia: Streetcar, Williams, and Foucault / William Kleb
- 4. There Are Lives that Desire Does Not Sustain: A Streetcar Named Desire / Calvin Bedient
- 5. The Ontological Potentialities of Antichaos and Adaptation in A Streetcar Named Desire / Laura Morrow and Edward Morrow
- 6. "We've had this date with each other from the beginning": Reading toward Closure in A Streetcar Named Desire / June Schlueter
- 7. Perceptual Conflict and the Perversion of Creativity in A Streetcar Named Desire / Laurilyn J. Harris
- 8. Eunice Hubbell and the Feminist Thematics of A Streetcar Named Desire / Philip C. Kolin
- 9. The White Goddess, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Desire / Lionel Kelly
- 10. The Myth Is the Message, or Why Streetcar Keeps Running / Mark Royden Winchell
- 11. The Broken World: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism in A Streetcar Named Desire / W. Kenneth Holditch
- 12. Birth and Death in A Streetcar Named Desire / Bert Cardullo
- 13. A Streetcar Named Desire: The Political and Historical Subtext / Robert Bray
- 14. The Cultural Context of A Streetcar Named Desire in Germany / Jurgen C. Wolter
- 15. A Streetcar Named Desire: Play and Film / Gene D. Phillips
- A Bibliography of Scholarship on Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire.