This revised Student Edition includes an introduction by Bess Rowen Assistant Professor at Villanova University US which looks in particular at the play s treatment of rape vulnerable people mental institutions especially in connection to Williams s own family sexuality and sexual desire A Streetcar Named Desire shows a turbulent confrontation between traditional values in the American South an old world graciousness and beauty running decoratively to seed set against the rough edged aggressive materialism of the new world Through the vividly characterised figures of Southern belle Blanche Dubois seeking refuge from physical ugliness in decayed gentility and her brutal brother in law Stanley Kowalski Tennessee Williams dramatises his sense of the South s past as still active and often destructive in modern America METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoires A well as the complete text of the play itself this volume contains A chronology of the play and the playwright s life and work An introductory discussion of the social political cultural and economic context in which the play was originally conceived and created A succinct overview of the creation processes f
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781350108516
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 160
Tiempo de lectura:
3h 14m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/01/2023
Año de edición: 2023
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Tennessee Williams
Tennesse Williams (1911-1983) es uno de los dramaturgos esenciales del siglo XX. En sus obras el foco de la atención se centra en el análisis de los sentimientos, presentados como el enigma principal al que se enfrenta el ser humano. De repente el último verano gira en torno a la muerte súbita e inesperada del joven Sebastian, protagonista ausente, que desencadena una situación dramática que Williams lleva hasta el límite. Completan el volumen siete piezas dramáticas en un acto, todas ellas espléndidas, que ofrecen un repertorio de las mejores virtudes del autor estadounidense.