My friend Tom [[electronic resource] ] : the poet-playwright Tennessee Williams / / William Jay Smith ; foreword by Suzanne Marrs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463519203321
• Autore: Smith William Jay <1918->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012
• ISBN: 1-283-38209-1; 9786613382092; 1-61703-176-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 812/.54; B
• Soggetti: Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Thomas Lanier Williams, Washington University: St. Louis, 1935 1940 -- Battle of angels: Boston, 1940 -- The glass menagerie: New York, 1946 -- The poet, lyric and dramatic -- A streetcar named desire: New York, 1947 -- Williams and Frank Merlo: Florence, 1949 -- With Williams at a performance of America hurrah by Jean- Claude van Itallie: New York, 1966 -- Reading of Williams at Lynchburg College: Virginia, 1979 -- Clothes for a summer hotel: New York, March 26, 1980 -- Award of Medal of Freedom to Williams by President Carter: The White House, June 9, 1980 -- Death of Tennessee Williams: New York, February 24, 1983.
• Sommario/riassunto: Tennessee Williams was one of the most acclaimed, popular, and controversial American playwrights of the twentieth century. In his early years, Williams concentrated his literary talents just as intently on poetry as on plays. Watching over him during this critical learning period was the author of this book, a close friend of Williams, who met Williams in St. Louis as both were embarking on careers as writers. The book is at once the author's critical analysis of Williams's early work, a brief biography of Williams during his development stages as a writer, and a meditation on his friend's career.