LEADER 02938nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910450581803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-36442-8 010 $a9786611364427 010 $a1-4039-7914-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342787 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000161820 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11149488 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000161820 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10198446 035 $a(PQKB)10815201 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7914-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307816 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL307816 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135439 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL136442 035 $a(OCoLC)312463977 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342787 100 $a20040805d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGentlemen callers$b[electronic resource] $eTennessee Williams, homosexuality, and mid-twentieth century Broadway drama /$fMichael Paller 205 $a1st ed. 2005. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 269 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-349-53018-2 311 $a1-4039-6775-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aGentlemen Callers provides a fascinating look at America's greatest Twentieth-century playwright and perhaps the most-performed, even today. Michael Paller looks at Tennessee Williams's plays from the 1940's through the 1960's against the backdrop of the playwright's life story, providing fresh details. Through this lens Paller examines the evolution of Mid-Twentieth-century America's acknowledgment and acceptance of homosexuality. From the early Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and one-act Auto-da-Fé , through The Two-Character Play and Something Cloudy, Something Clear , Paller's book investigates how Williams's earliest critics marginalized or ignored his gay characters and why, beginning in the 1970's, many gay liberationists reviled them. Lively, blunt, and provocative, this book will appeal to anyone who loves Williams, Broadway, and the theater. 606 $aHomosexuality and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMale homosexuality in literature 606 $aSexual orientation in literature 606 $aGay men in literature 606 $aSex in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHomosexuality and literature$xHistory 615 0$aMale homosexuality in literature. 615 0$aSexual orientation in literature. 615 0$aGay men in literature. 615 0$aSex in literature. 676 $a812/.54 700 $aPaller$b Michael$0911823 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450581803321 996 $aGentlemen callers$92041951 997 $aUNINA