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Author:   Philip C. Kolin
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9780786434756

ISBN 10:   0786434759
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   06 October 2008
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      Introduction: The Panoptic Tennessee Williams Philip C. Kolin      “[Our] Little Company of the Odd and Lonely”: Tennessee Williams’s “Personality” in the Plays of William Inge Michael Greenwald      Neil Simon’s Parodies of Tennessee Williams Susan Koprince      “Inconspicuous Osmosis and the Plasticity of Doing”: The Influence of Tennessee Williams on the Plays of Edward Albee David A. Crespy      “Cracking the Shell of Literalness”: The Itinerary of Paternal Consciousness in Williams’s Tragedy with Notes on Its Influence on Gurney’s Comedy Arvid F. Sponberg      “That gentleman with the painfully sympathetic eyes...”: Re-reading Lorraine Hansberry Through Tennessee Williams Nancy Cho      The Fission of Tennessee Williams’s Plays into Adrienne Kennedy’s Philip C. Kolin      Warriors Against the Kitchen Sink: Tennessee Williams and John Guare Thomas Mitchell      Image, Myth, and Movement in the Plays of Sam Shepard and Tennessee Williams Annette J. Saddik      Sons of the South: An Examination of the Interstices in the Works of August Wilson and Tennessee Williams Sandra G. Shannon      Williams, Mamet, and the Artist In Extremis Brenda Murphy      The Symbiosis of Desire and Death: Beth Henley Rewrites Tennessee Williams Verna A. Foster      “Period of Adjustment”: Marriage in Williams and Christopher Durang John M. Clum      “All Truth Is a Scandal”: How Tennessee Williams Shaped Tony Kushner’s Plays Kirk Woodward      Twilight in Tennessee: The Similar Styles of Anna Deavere Smith and Tennessee Williams Harvey Young      Theatre of the Gut: Tennessee Williams and Suzan-Lori Parks Harry J. Elam, Jr      Swimming to Chekhovia: Edward Albee on Tennessee Williams—An Interview David A. Crespy      About the Contributors      Index     

Reviews

recommended --Choice; Philip Kolin, a most prolific and outstanding Williams expert, has gathered a team of well-known scholars, whose comparative approach not only substantiates Williams's stature in the American theatre, but also helps us see other playwrights in a new light --Amerikastudien.

“recommended”—Choice; “Philip Kolin, a most prolific and outstanding Williams expert, has gathered a team of well-known scholars, whose comparative approach not only substantiates Williams’s stature in the American theatre, but also helps us see other playwrights in a new light”—Amerikastudien.

Author Information

Philip C. Kolin is a distinguished professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he teaches drama. He has published more than 40 books and 200 articles.

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