Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire
By: edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Contributors: Bloom, Harold.
Series: Bloom's guides
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
Subjects: Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983; New Orleans (La.) -- In literature
Other titles: Streetcar named Desire
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-133) and index.
Table of contents: title: Biographical sketch; title: The story behind the story; title: List of characters; title: Summary and analysis; title: Critical extracts; title: Normand Berlin on desire and the character dialectic; title: Frank Bradley on the metaphors of space; title: Bert Cardullo on Blanche's relationship with Stella; title: Ruby Cohn on modes of characterization; title: Mary Ann Corrigan on illusion and reality; title: Arthur Ganz on punishment and morality; title: Alice Griffin on the symbols of light and water; title: Britton J. Harwood on the ethics of Blanche and Williams; title: Esther Merle Jackson on the anti-heroic cycle; title: Philip C. Kolin on Mitch as Williams" suitor type; title: Brenda Murphy on Kazan's perception of Steve and Eunice; title: Jacqueline O'Connor on the patriarchy and commitment of females; title: Nicholas Pagan on the significance of names; title: Nicholas Pagan on the significance of music in characterization; title: Leonard Quirino on the metaphor of games and cards; title: John M. Roderick on Stanley as a psychological hero; title: Nancy Tisschler on Stanley and Blanche as anti-thetical ideals.