Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bloom, Harold
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Chelsea House, [2005]
Series:Bloom's guides.
Subjects:
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Biographical sketch
  • The story behind the story
  • List of characters
  • Summary and analysis
  • Critical extracts
  • Normand Berlin on desire and the character dialectic
  • Frank Bradley on the metaphors of space
  • Bert Cardullo on Blanche's relationship with Stella
  • Ruby Cohn on modes of characterization
  • Mary Ann Corrigan on illusion and reality
  • Arthur Ganz on punishment and morality
  • Alice Griffin on the symbols of light and water
  • Britton J. Harwood on the ethics of Blanche and Williams
  • Esther Merle Jackson on the anti-heroic cycle
  • Philip C. Kolin on Mitch as Williams" suitor type
  • Brenda Murphy on Kazan's perception of Steve and Eunice
  • Jacqueline O'Connor on the patriarchy and commitment of females
  • Nicholas Pagan on the significance of names
  • Nicholas Pagan on the significance of music in characterization
  • Leonard Quirino on the metaphor of games and cards
  • John M. Roderick on Stanley as a psychological hero
  • Nancy Tisschler on Stanley and Blanche as anti-thetical ideals.