A Portrait of the Artist: The Plays of Tennessee Williams (Literary Criticism Series)

Contents......Page 5 About the author......Page 6 1-The Man and His Work......Page 9 2-The Battle of Angels (Purtians and Cavaliers)......Page 24 3-Interlude (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man)......Page 41 4-Departures......Page 46 5-Three Dark Plays......Page 59 6-Two Affirmative Plays......Page 69 7-Portrait of the Playwright as Failure......Page 77 8-Dingy Bars, Flea-Bag Hotels (Tentative New Directions)......Page 91 9-Film Adaptations......Page 106 10-Some Concluding Notes......Page 114 Notes......Page 116 Bibiography......Page 122 Index......Page 125