Family Dysfunction in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie
Title | Family Dysfunction in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie PDF eBook |
Author | Dedria Bryfonski |
Publisher | Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2013-01-22 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0737763809 |
Tennessee Williams' 1944 play The Glass Menagerie centers around a family of three, Tom, Laura, and Amanda Wingfield, exploring what it means to share a household with people whose individual psychological eccentricities threaten to overwhelm the whole. Told retroactively in the format of a memory play, the protagonist, Tom, an aspiring poet by night and warehouse worker by night, introduces the audience to the conditions which led him to abandon his family in pursuit of his independence. This informative edition explores the themes of family dysfunction in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, providing readers with a critical look at the intersection of literature and sociology. The book includes an examination of Williams' life and influences and takes a hard look at key ideas related to the play, such as the role of guilt in family relationships and the breakdown of the American dream. Readers are also offered contemporary perspectives on family dysfunction through the discussion of toxic or overbearing parents and the effects of alcoholism on families.
Family Dysfunction in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie
Title | Family Dysfunction in Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie PDF eBook |
Author | Dedria Bryfonski |
Publisher | Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2013-01-22 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0737763795 |
Tennessee Williams' 1944 play The Glass Menagerie centers around a family of three, Tom, Laura, and Amanda Wingfield, exploring what it means to share a household with people whose individual psychological eccentricities threaten to overwhelm the whole. Told retroactively in the format of a memory play, the protagonist, Tom, an aspiring poet by night and warehouse worker by night, introduces the audience to the conditions which led him to abandon his family in pursuit of his independence. This informative edition explores the themes of family dysfunction in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, providing readers with a critical look at the intersection of literature and sociology. The book includes an examination of Williams' life and influences and takes a hard look at key ideas related to the play, such as the role of guilt in family relationships and the breakdown of the American dream. Readers are also offered contemporary perspectives on family dysfunction through the discussion of toxic or overbearing parents and the effects of alcoholism on families.
Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie
Title | Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Bloom |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | 187 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | American drama |
ISBN | 0791093492 |
Premiering in 1944, The Glass Menagerie was Tennessee Williams's first popular success. Today the play is considered one of Williams's masterpieces and is frequently performed. This updated volume is an essential resource for those seeking to deepen their appreciation of this fascinating character study. Book jacket.
The Glass Menagerie
Title | The Glass Menagerie PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1970 |
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The Glass Menagerie
Title | The Glass Menagerie PDF eBook |
Author | Tennessee Willams |
Publisher | The Anglo Egyptian Bookshop |
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Genre | Drama |
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A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
Title | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Nichols |
Publisher | Samuel French, Inc. |
Total Pages | 76 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Children with disabilities |
ISBN | 9780573619267 |
The play centres on a British couple, Bri and Sheila, who are struggling to save their marriage whilst trying to raise their only child, a small girl named Josephine, who has cerebral palsy. She uses a wheelchair and is nonverbal, which her parents see as unable to communicate. Caring for her has occupied nearly every moment of her parents' lives since her birth, taking a heavy toll on their marriage. Sheila gives Josephine as much of a life as she can, while Bri wants the child institutionalised and has begun to entertain chilling fantasies of killing himself and Josephine.
The Glass Menagerie
Title | The Glass Menagerie PDF eBook |
Author | Tennessee Williams |
Publisher | New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | 132 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780811214049 |
The only single edition now available of this American classic about a mother obsessed with her disabled daughter.