Tennessee Williams, t-shirt modernism and the refashionings of theater.

Tennessee Williams, T-shirt Modernism and the Refashionings of Theater engages the Williams we thought we knew, as he grew, developed, reconfigured himself into a playwright we didn't, in his attempts to refashion himself amid the vortices of changing sexual mores, including the performance of...

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Main Author: Gontarski, S. E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Anthem Press, 2021.
Series:Anthem impact
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Half-title
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter Int-4
  • Saint Tennessee
  • Chapter 1 T-Shirt Modernism and Performed Masculinities
  • Chapter 2 "Intense Honesty": Race, Sex and Cross-Cultural Perspectives
  • Part I: Racialized Tennessee
  • Free People of Color
  • Part II: Anglicizing Williams, London's Post-World War II Theater Climate
  • At the Lord Chamberlain's Office
  • "The Start of Modern Drama"
  • The Lord Chamberlain's Blue Pencil
  • Creative Frisson
  • Part III: Summary
  • Chapter 3 Becoming Samuel Beckett
  • Chapter 4 Reframing Tennessee: A Short Afterword
  • Case Studies
  • End Matter
  • Notes
  • Saint Tennessee: An Introduction
  • Chapter 1 T-​Shirt Modernism and Performed Masculinities: The Theatrical Refashionings of Tennessee Williams and William Inge
  • Chapter 2 "Intense Honesty": Race, Sex and Cross-​Cultural Perspectives
  • Chapter 3 Becoming Samuel Beckett: Tennessee Williams and Theatrical Change on the Post-​World War II World Stage
  • Chapter 4 Reframing Tennessee: A Short Afterword
  • Bibliography
  • Index