Law and Sexuality in Tennessee Williams's America
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781611478938
Subjects: American literature, history and criticism, 20th century
Description: "This book explores the diverse representation of sexualities in Tennessee Williams's texts and argues for his creative response to the increase, prior to and following World War II, in criminal prosecution of transgressive sexual activity. It expands longstanding scholarly assessments of Williams's work, using the law as a framework to assess this writer's role as a cultural, political, and legal force participating in the normalization of diverse sexualities, during his lifetime and beyond."--