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Tennessee Williams in Sweden and France, 1945-1965 : cultural translations, sexual anxieties and racial fantasies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gindt, Dirk, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Metheun Drama, 2019.
Subjects:
Williams, Tennessee, > 1911-1983 > Appreciation > Sweden.
Williams, Tennessee, > 1911-1983 > Appreciation > France.
Williams, Tennessee, > 1911-1983 > Stage history > Sweden.
Williams, Tennessee, > 1911-1983 > Stage history > France.
Race in literature.
Sex in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: cultural translations and patterns of migration
  • Setting the stage: The glass menagerie
  • Encounters with the other: A streetcar named desire
  • Sinful sexualities and commercial triumphs: Cat on a hot tin roof
  • Fantasies of the deep South: Orpheus descending
  • Critical watershed: Suddenly last summer
  • Epilogue.