A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie; A Streetcar Named Desire; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth 9781472521828

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Автор: Stephen Bottoms, Philip Kolin, Michael Hooper
Название: A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie; A Streetcar Named Desire; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth
ISBN: 9781472521828
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
Классификация:

Театроведение

Литературоведение: с 1900 г.

Литературоведение: пьесы и драматурги

ISBN-10: 147252182X
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 296
Вес: 0.52 кг.
Дата издания: 25.09.2014
Серия: Arts
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Black & white illustrations
Размер: 224 x 146 x 22
Читательская аудитория: Tertiary education (us: college)
Ключевые слова: Theatre studies,Literary studies: plays & playwrights, DRAMA / General,LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama
Основная тема: Theatre studies,DRAMA / General,LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama,Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Подзаголовок: The glass menagerie; a streetcar named desire; cat on a hot tin roof; sweet bird of youth
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams provides the essential guide to Williams most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on four of Williams plays: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether readers are wanting a summary of the play, a commentary on the themes or characters, or a discussion of the work in performance, they can readily find what they need to develop their understanding and aid their appreciation of Williams artistry.

A chronology of the writers life and work helps to situate all his works in context and the introduction reinforces this by providing a clear overview of Williams writing, its recurrent themes and concerns and how these are intertwined with his life and times. For each play the author provides a summary of the plot, followed by commentary on:
* The context
* Themes
* Characters
* Structure and language
* The play in production (both on stage and screen adaptations)
Questions for study, and notes on words and phrases in the text are also supplied to aid the reader.

The wealth of authoritative and clear commentary on each play, together with further questions that encourage comparison across Williams work and related plays by other leading writers, ensures that this is the clearest and fullest guide to Williams greatest pla
Дополнительное описание: Acknowledgements A chronology of Williams' life and work Introduction 1. The Glass Menagerie 2. A Streetcar Named Desire 3. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 4. Sweet Bird of Youth 5. Questions for study 6. Further reading

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams: The Glass Menagerie; A Streetcar Named Desire; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth, Stephen Bottoms, Philip Kolin, Michael Hooper