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Bibliography

Biographical Sources:

• Leverich, Lyle. Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams. New York: Crown Publishers, 1995.
• Rader, Doston. Tennessee, Cry of the Heart. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1985.
• Smith, Bruce. Costly Performances: Tennessee Williams: The Last Stage. New York: Paragon House, 1990; Author’s Choice Press, 2000. Online information at www.costlyperformances.com.
• Spoto, Donald. The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams. New York: Little Brown, 1985.

Journals, Conferences, and Newsletters:

• The Tennessee Williams Annual Review. Editor: Robert Bray. Published yearly by Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
• Tennessee Williams Literary Journal. Published annually since 1989, this is a journal dedicated to the works of Tennessee Williams. Publishes articles, reviews, etc. Mailing address: 4517 Cleary Avenue, Metairie, LA 70002.
• The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. The festival takes place in March each year and is held in New Orleans’ Vieux Carré, the French Quarter. The four-day event showcases local and regional scholars, writers, and performing artists.
• Tennessee Williams Scholars’ Conference. The conference is held in March each year in conjunction with the The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival.

Selected Criticism:

• Adler, Jacob H. “The Rose and the Fox: Notes on Southern Drama.” In South: Modern Southern Literature in its Cultural Setting. Ed. Louis D. Rubin and R.D. Jacobs. Garden City, 1960. 349-75.
• Asibong, Emmanuel B. Tennessee Williams: The Tragic Tension. Devon: Stockwell, 1978.
• Boxill, Roger. Tennessee Williams. New York: St. Martin’s, 1987.
• Crandell, George, ed. The Critical Response to Tennessee Williams. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 1996.
• Devlin, Albert J., ed. Conversations with Tennessee Williams. Jackson (Miss.): UP of Mississippi, 1986.
• Falk, Signi L. Tennessee Williams. New York: Twayne. Boston: Twayne, 1978.
• Fleche, Anne. Mimetic Disillusion: Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, and U.S. Dramatic Realism. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama P, 1997.
• Fritscher, John J. Love and Death in Tennessee Williams: A Study of His Theology and Philosophy. Dissertation. Loyola University, 1968. Online at www.JackFritscher.com
• Gunn, Drewey Wayne. Tennessee Williams: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow, 1980.
• Higginbotham, Scott McVea. “The Pure-Stringed Instrument of My Heart:” A Study of the Poet Figures in the Plays of Tennessee Williams. Thesis. U Mississippi P, 1992.
• Horst, Franz. American Playwrights and Drama. New York: Hill, 1965.
• Jackson, Esther M. “The Problem of Form in the Drama of Tennessee Williams.” College Language Association Journal 4 (Sept.) 1960: 8-21.
• Johnston, Monica Carolyn. Tennessee Williams and American Realism. Berkeley: U of California Berkeley, 1987.
• Kolin, Philip C., ed. Confronting Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire: Essays in Critical Pluralism. Westport, Conn,: Greenwood, 1993.
• Leavitt, Richard F. The World of Tennessee Williams. London: W.H. Allen, 1978.
• Londre, Felicia Hardison. Tennessee Williams. New York: Ungar, 1979.
• Lumley, Frederick. “Broadway Cortege—Tennessee Williams and Authur Miller.” In Trends in 20th Century Drama. London: Oxford UP, 1956. 184-93.
• McCann, John. S. The Critical Reputation of Tennessee Williams: A Reference Guide. Boston: Hall, 1983.
• Miller, Jordan Y., ed. Twentieth Century Interpretations of A Streetcar Named Desire: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1971.
• Nelson, Benjamin. Tennessee Williams: The Man and His Work. New York: Obolensky, 1961.
• Phillips, Gene D. The Films of Tennessee Williams. Philadelphia: Art Alliance, 1980.
• Presley, Delma Eugene. The Glass Menagerie: An American Memory. Boston: Twayne, 1990.
• Rader, Doston. Tennessee, Cry of the Heart. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1985.
• Reed, Rex. People Are Crazy Here. New York: Delacorte, 1974.
• Rouse, Sarah A. Tennessee Williams. Jackson: Mississippi Library Commission, 1976.
• Saddik, Annette J. Politics of Reputation: The Critical Reception of Tennessee Williams’ Later Plays. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999.
• Spoto, Donald. The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee Williams. New York: Ballentine, 1986.
• Stanton, Stephen S., ed. Tennessee Williams: A collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1977.
• Tharpe, Jac, ed. Tennessee Williams: A Tribute. Jackson: U Mississippi P, 1977.
• Tischler, Nancy M. “’The Distorted Mirror: Tennessee Williams’ Self-Portraits.” Mississippi Quarterly 25 (Fall) 1972: 389-403.
• ---. Tennessee Williams: Rebellious Puritan. New York: Citadel, 1961.

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