Preface Reflections on/of A Streetcar Named Desire by Philip C. Kolin Readymade Desire by Herbert Blau Marginalia: Streetcar, Williams, and Foucault by William Kleb There Are Lives that Desire Does Not Sustain: A Streetcar Named Desire by Calvin Bedient The Ontological Potentialities of Antichaos and Adaptation in A Streetcar Named Desire by Laura Morrow and Edward Morrow "We've had this date with each other from the beginning": Reading toward Closure in A Streetcar Named Desire by June Schlueter Perceptual Conflict and the Perversion of Creativity in A Streetcar Named Desire by Laurilyn J. Harris Eunice Hubbell and the Feminine Thematics of A Streetcar Named Desire by Philip C. Kolin The White Goddess, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Desire by Lionel Kelly The Myth Is the Message; or, Why Streetcar Keeps Running by Mark Royden Winchell The Broken World: Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism in A Streetcar Named Desire by W. Kenneth Holditch Birth and Death in A Streetcar Named Desire by Bert Cardullo A Streetcar Named Desire: The Political and Historical Subtext by Robert Bray The Cultural Context of A Streetcar Named Desire in Germany by Jurgen Wolter A Streetcar Named Desire: Play and Film by Gene D. Phillips, S.J.
This great drama classic is here analyzed from diverse critical and cultural stances, methods, and modalities.
PHILIP C. KOLIN is Professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His many books include Confronting Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire (Greenwood, 1993), Tennessee Williams: A Guide to Research and Performance (Greenwood, 1998) and The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia (Greenwood, 2003).
"Just when we thought everything worth saying about Streetcar had
been said, along comes Kolin's collection. Not only do several of
these essays illuminate Williams's classic play in unexpected and
persuasive ways, they also demonstrate how some of the new
theoretical approaches can usefully be applied to dramatic texts in
general."-Thomas P. Adler Professor of English Associate Dean of
Liberal Arts, Purdue University author of "A Streetcar Named
Desire: The Moth and the Lantern"
"Philip Kolin has given us virtually a grand tour of contemporary
literary theory in his superb collection of original critical
essays. . . . Kolin's book is as close to being a definitive
collection of critical, theoretical, and cultural approaches to
Williams's most important play. . . . Anyone who is teaching or
taking a course in critical theory or who is involved in
theatre--or who simply likes reading about it--will find Kolin's
richly layered book dramatic, convincing, and exciting."- Virginia
Spencer Carr Chair, Department of English Georgia State
University
"This is a distinguished sequel to critical essays on Streetcar
published in 1971 and 1988. Unlike them, this collection comprises
previously unpublished, cutting-edge applications of the most
prominent theoretical and methodological stances of the last
twenty-five years, providing contemporary readings of the play. . .
. I strongly recommend this volume to anyone interested in
contemporary criticism in general and in particular to students and
scholars of American drama and the work of Tennessee Williams."-
Don B. Wilmeth Professor of Theatre & English President, American
Society for Theatre Research Brown University
.,."rich and often exciting, the new anthology is a stimulating and
invigorating experience."-Modern Drama
?...rich and often exciting, the new anthology is a stimulating and
invigorating experience.?-Modern Drama
?[G]athers the essentials together is a single concise volume.
Appropriate for some reference collections, this Encyclopedia is
another one of those well crafted works that may be even more
useful in circulation, or on private shelves. In any case, academic
and public libraries should find it a worthwhile choice.?-Against
the Grain
?Philip Kolin has moved A Streetcar Named Desire criticism light
years from the old formalism of its earlier critics. Fifteen of the
most accomplished scholars of modern drama explore the play from
most of the major critical perspectives in vogue today: This
eclectic collection of essays deserves applause because it places
Streetcare criticism on the cutting edge of critical
theory.?-Theatre Survey
?This distinguished collection creatively provides compelling
reason to believe, as Irene Selznick did in 1947, that "Blanche is
coming to stay with us."?- World Literature Today
?This is a valuable addendum to the flurry of books printed on him
since his death....Advanced undergraduate; graduate,
faculty.?-Choice
?We benefit enormously from Kolin's efforts in this collection,
fifteen new essays focused on one play from a grand variety of
perspectives.?-The Southern Quarterly
"�G�athers the essentials together is a single concise volume.
Appropriate for some reference collections, this Encyclopedia is
another one of those well crafted works that may be even more
useful in circulation, or on private shelves. In any case, academic
and public libraries should find it a worthwhile choice."-Against
the Grain
..."rich and often exciting, the new anthology is a stimulating and
invigorating experience."-Modern Drama
"[G]athers the essentials together is a single concise volume.
Appropriate for some reference collections, this Encyclopedia is
another one of those well crafted works that may be even more
useful in circulation, or on private shelves. In any case, academic
and public libraries should find it a worthwhile choice."-Against
the Grain
"This distinguished collection creatively provides compelling
reason to believe, as Irene Selznick did in 1947, that "Blanche is
coming to stay with us.""- World Literature Today
"This is a valuable addendum to the flurry of books printed on him
since his death....Advanced undergraduate; graduate,
faculty."-Choice
"We benefit enormously from Kolin's efforts in this collection,
fifteen new essays focused on one play from a grand variety of
perspectives."-The Southern Quarterly
"Philip Kolin has moved A Streetcar Named Desire criticism light
years from the old formalism of its earlier critics. Fifteen of the
most accomplished scholars of modern drama explore the play from
most of the major critical perspectives in vogue today: This
eclectic collection of essays deserves applause because it places
Streetcare criticism on the cutting edge of critical
theory."-Theatre Survey
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