2000, ISBN: 1883011876

Hardcover

[EAN: 9781883011871], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: UNITED STATES: DRAMA: LIBRARY OF AMERICA: WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: PLAYS 1957-1980: MEL GUSS… More...

[EAN: 9781883011871], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: UNITED STATES: DRAMA: LIBRARY OF AMERICA: WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: PLAYS 1957-1980: MEL GUSSOW & KENNETH HOLDICH SELECTED THE CONTENTS WROTE NOTES FOR THIS VOLUME: AMERICA NO. 120, AUTHORITATIVE: DARING: HONEST: RAW: INSIGHTFUL: POETIC: GENEROUS: UNCOMPROMISNG: REVOLUTIONARY: NEW LOA hardcover, First Edition (orig. 2000) First Printing, NEW LOA slipcase w/ gilt LOA logo at center & double-ruled gilt borders on front panel, NEW rust-crimson silk-finish Brillianta linen-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-purple LOA patterned end-papers on heavy stock, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB acid-free Ecusta Nyalite paper * 5.00" x 8.12" x 1.42", 0.63 kg, 999 pp. Slipcase: 5.36" x 8.50" x 1.68", 0.72 kg * Chronology (963), Note on the Texts (982), Notes (991) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Exploring human passion w/ daring and unflinching honesty, Tennessee Williams forged a poetic theater of raw psychological insight that fused realism & expressionism. Now, in an authoritative 2-volume edition, LOA collects the plays that reveal a prophetic figure in American life & letters: a writer of generous sympathies & uncompromising frankness who reached wide audiences w/ plays that revolutionized the themes & styles of the modern theater. This 2nd volume traces Williams' career as it evolved in his adventurous & sometimes shocking later works, including "Orpheus Descending", "Suddenly Last Summer", & "Sweet Bird of Youth", plays that stirred controversy when first produced because of their concern w/ acts of horrific violence; the satiric marital comedy "Period of Adjustment"; "The Night of the Iguana", a moving drama set in Mexico that contains some of Williams' most lyric writing, & "The Eccentricities of a Nightingale", a re-imagining of the earlier "Summer & Smoke". "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore", w/ its use of Kabuki-like stylization, began a more experimental phase of Williams' writing, represented here by "Kingdom of Earth" (also known as "The Seven Descents of Myrtle"), "The Mutilated", "Small Craft Warnings", & "Out Cry". In late plays such as "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" & the autobiographical "Vieux Carré", Williams returned to many of his earlier themes & settings. This edition includes a newly researched chronology of Tennessee Williams' life, explanatory notes (including cast lists of many of the original productions), & an essay on the texts. * ABOUT THE EDITORS: MEL GUSSOW(1933–2005), who was a drama critic, a cultural writer at The NYT, & author of several books including "Edward Albee: A Singular Journey". KENNETH HOLDICH is professor emeritus at the University of New Orleans, editor since 1989 of the Tennessee Williams Journal, & the author of "In Old New Orleans". * THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republi, Books<