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Sweet Bird of Youth: Student Editions

Editat de Katherine Weiss Autor Tennessee Williams
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 aug 2010
Williams' play about drifter Chance Wayne who returns to his hometown with a faded movie star hoping to find the girl of his youth is a classic study of the dream of recapturing youth and finding fame. This edition features an extensive critical commentary and questions aimed at students of the play.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781408114384
ISBN-10: 1408114380
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Methuen Drama
Seria Student Editions

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The play is a magnificent, atmospheric study of the effects of lost youth and innocence by one of America's most acclaimed playwrights of the last century

Notă biografică

Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition, The Glass Menagerie (1945) and The Night of the Iguana (1961) received New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. Katherine Weiss is Assistant Professor of Modern Drama at East Tennessee State University, USA.


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Williams' play about drifter Chance Wayne who returns to his hometown with a faded movie star hoping to find the girl of his youth is a classic study of the dream of recapturing youth and finding fame. This edition features an extensive critical commentary and questions aimed at students of the play.


Cuprins

Chronology IntroductionDevelopment of the play (Williams's state of mind, process and different iterations; collaboration with Elia Kazan)Historical, Social and Cultural Contexts (segregation; sexual freedom; political climate; Williams's other plays) Characters (allegorical names; African-American characters)Setting (St. Cloud; hotel; Easter weekend)Style and language (poetic realism; imagery; music)Themes (corruption/purity; violence; religion; sex; race; beauty; public image; politics)Productions and response (original cast; subsequent notable productions; reviews; film adaptations)Academic DebateFurther StudySweet Bird of YouthNotes