The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams, 1920-1945 |
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Author:
| Williams, Tennessee Devlin, Albert J. Tischler, Nancy M. |
ISBN: | 978-1-84002-226-1 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2001 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $52.99 |
Book Description:
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This volume includes 330 letters written to nearly seventy correspondents, including fellow writers: Clifford Odets, William Saroyan and Christopher Isherwood, and have been chosen from a group of 900 letters collected by the editors. He wrote to family, friends and fellow artists with equal measures of piety, wit and astute self-knowledge; the letters reflect on Williams' unhappy home life in St Louis, his sister Rose's instability, the emergence of his own sexuality and problems with...
More DescriptionThis volume includes 330 letters written to nearly seventy correspondents, including fellow writers: Clifford Odets, William Saroyan and Christopher Isherwood, and have been chosen from a group of 900 letters collected by the editors. He wrote to family, friends and fellow artists with equal measures of piety, wit and astute self-knowledge; the letters reflect on Williams' unhappy home life in St Louis, his sister Rose's instability, the emergence of his own sexuality and problems with alcohol - all in parallel with the advancing knowledge of his art.