On a Streetcar Named Success
"On a Streetcar Named Success" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about the corrupting impact of fame on the artist.[1] The essay first appeared in The New York Times on November 30, 1947, four days before the premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire.[2][1] It was later republished as "The Catastrophe of Success" and often appears as an introduction to The Glass Menagerie.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Neri, Barbara (2018). "Loving Thee Better after Death: Williams's Allusion to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Her Sonnets from the Portuguese in A Streetcar Named Desire". The Tennessee Williams Annual Review (17): 67–92. doi:10.2307/48615444. JSTOR 48615444.
- ^ a b Bak, John S. (January 2024). "'Before We Met': Tennessee Williams, Robert Carter, and the 'Catastrophe' of Post-1945 Friendships". Tennessee Williams Annual Review (23): 55–71 – via EBSCOhost.
Further reading
[edit]- Williams, Tennessee; Christine R Day; Bob Woods (1978). Where I Live: Selected Essays. New York: New Directions. ISBN 0-8112-0705-6. OCLC 4004609.
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