Williams, Tennessee. 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, and Other One Act Plays. Norfolk: New Directions, 1945.
Williams, Tennessee. Androgyne, Mon Amour. New York: New Directions, 1977.
Williams, Tennessee. American Blues. New York: New York Dramatists Play Service, 1948.
Williams, Tennessee. Baby Doll: The Script for the Film. New American Library, 1956.
Williams, Tennessee. Blue Mountain Ballads. New York: Schlimer, 1946.
Williams, Tennessee. Camino Real. Norfolk: New Directions, 1953.
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. New American Library, 1955.
Williams, Tennessee. Clothes for a Summer Hotel: A Ghost Play. New York: New Directions, 1983.
Williams, Tennessee. Battle of Ages. Murray, Utah: 1945.
Williams, Tennessee. Dragon Counting, A Book of Plays. New York: New Directions,1970.
Williams, Tennessee. The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. New York: New Directions,1964.
Williams, Tennessee. Eight Moral Ladies Possessed. New York: New Directions, 1974.
Williams, Tennessee. Five O' Clock Angel: Letters of Tennessee Williams to Maria St. Just, 1948-1982. New York: Knopf, 1990
Williams, Tennessee. Five Plays. London: Secker & Warburg, 1962.
Williams, Tennessee. Five Young American Poets. Norfolk: New Directions, 1944.
Williams, Tennessee. The Fugitive Kind. New York: American Library, 1960.
Williams, Tennessee. Garden District. London: Secker & Warburg, 1959.
Williams, Tennessee. The Glass Menagerie. New York: New Directions, 1945.
Williams, Tennessee. Grand. New York: House of Books, 1964.
Williams, Tennessee. Hard Candy. New York: New Directions, 1959.
Williams, Tennessee. I Rise a Flame, Cried the Phoenix. Norfolk: J. Laughlin, 1951.
Williams, Tennessee. In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1969.
Williams, Tennessee. In the Winter of Cities. Norfolk: New Directions, 1956.
Williams, Tennessee. It Happened the Day the Sun Rose. Los Angeles: Sylvester and Orphanos, 1981
Williams, Tennessee. Kingdom of the Earth. New York: New Directions, 1968.
Williams, Tennessee. The Knightly Quest. New York: New Directions, 1966.
Williams, Tennessee. Letters to Donald Windham. New York: Holt, Rinehart, 1977.
Williams, Tennessee. Lord Byron's Love Letter. New York: Ricodi, 1955. (Libretto by TW).
Williams, Tennessee. A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coer. New York: New Directions, 1980.
Williams, Tennessee. Memoirs. Garden City: Doubleday, 1975
Williams, Tennessee. The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. New York: New Directions, 1964.
Williams, Tennessee. Moise and the World of Reason. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1975.
Williams, Tennessee. The Mutilated. New York: New York Dramatists Play Service, 1967.
Williams, Tennessee. The Night of the Iguana. New York: New Directions, 1961.
Williams, Tennessee. Not About Nightingales. New York: New Directions, 1998.
Williams, Tennessee. One Arm, and Other Stories. New York: New Directions, 1967.
Williams, Tennessee. Orpheus Descending. London: Secker & Warburg, 1958.
Williams, Tennessee. A Perfect Analysis is Given by a Parrot. New York: New York Dramatists Play Service, 1958.
Williams, Tennessee. Period of Adjustment. New York: New Directions, 1960.
Williams, Tennessee. The Red Devil Battery Sign. New York: New Directions, 1988.
Williams, Tennessee. The Remarkable Rooming-House of Mme. LeMonde. New York: Albondocani Press, 1984.
Williams, Tennessee. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. London: J. Lechmann, 1950
Williams, Tennessee. The Rose Tattoo. New York: New Directions, 1951.
Williams, Tennessee. Short Stories. New York: Ballentine, 1986.
Williams, Tennessee. Small Craft Warnings. London: Secker & Warburg, 1973.
Williams, Tennessee. Something Cloudy, Something Clear. New York: New Directions, 1995.
Williams, Tennessee. Steps Must Be Gentle. New York: Targ, 1980.
Williams, Tennessee. Stopped Rocking and Other Screenplays. New York: New Directions, 1984.
Williams, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. New York: New Directions, 1947.
Williams, Tennessee. Suddenly Last Summer. New York: New Directions, 1958.
Williams, Tennessee. Summer and Smoke. New York: New Directions, 1948.
Williams, Tennessee. Sweet Bird of Youth. New York: New Directions, 1959.
Williams, Tennessee. Three Players of a Summer Game. London: Secker & Warburg, 1960.
Williams, Tennessee. The Two-Character Play. New York: New Directions, 1979.
Williams, Tennessee. Vieux Carre. New York: New Directions, 1979.
Williams, Tennessee. Where I Live. New York: New Directions, 1978.
Williams, Tennessee. You Touched Me! New York: S. French, 1947.
List was provided by http://www.etsu.edu/haleyd/TWbib.html (but not in MLA format)
Bjorneboe, Jens. Online Archive. 1999. 05 June 2009. <http://home.att.net/~emurer/texts/williams.htm>
The Author states that Williams has three variations of one theme. The theme is cruelty weather the cruelty to humans, from nature, or from God. Williams was also condemned for immorality and lack of faith in the goodness of mankind. Although this seems to be a negative article the author concludes saying “and like everything Tennessee Williams has written for the stage it is world-class contemporary drama”
“Tennessee Williams” American Masters 05 June 2009.
<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/williams_t.html>
This author spoke highly of Williams but he also spoke about his alcohol and drug problem. The author felt as though some of Williams works did not gain the popularity they deserved because at the time of publication Williams life was a mess. The author also felt that is was unfair that Williams was treated so poorly during hard times in his life especially with the death of one of Williams close friends. Through all the heartache Williams’ experiences though, the author ends with “his genius was in his honesty and in the perseverance to tell stories”. Even in the hard times of Williams’ life he was able to create masterpieces.
“Tennessee Williams 1911-1983” Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol. 30 05 June 2009
<http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/williams-tennessee-vol-30>
This talks about Williams use of his family and emotions to write character and plots of plays. This article also talks about how Williams allowed emotional currents to control his plays. As Williams advanced in his career critics felt as if he lost the “freshness” of his style. Critics felt as if he was just rewriting old plays. Critics said Williams was still “remarkable” even though his work seemed inconsistent toward the end of his life.
“Williams, Tennessee 1914” Contemporary Literary Criticism Vol. 19 05 June 2009.
<http://www.enotes.com/contemporary-literary-criticism/williams-tennessee-vol-19>
Although Williams was a very important author of this time he was again accused of having a one-sided view of human nature. This author feels like Williams was not able to death with the horrible events that occurred later on in life and that his work suffered because of it. In Memoirs Williams even comes out and admits to his homosexuality. His work was concerned with “the conflict between illusion and reality.”
Reception to Williams works:
Williams had his first taste of fame after graduation from college. He won a $100 prize for American Blues, which allowed him to win the Rockefeller grant of $1000. A year after he received the grant Williams wrote his first full-length play A Battle of Angels. Unfortunately there was not a good response to his play. This failure however, didn’t keep Williams from continuing to write. Five short years after his failure he wrote a second play “The Glass Menagerie”. This was perhaps his most famous play. It was accepted by the public at it first performance in Chicago in no time went on Broadway. It also won the New York critics circle award. A few years after the debut of The Glass Menagerie Williams wrote his second masterpiece A Streetcar named Desire”. This work one him the Pulitzer Prize and his second New York critics Circle award. Four year later Williams had moved to Key West and written A Rose Tattoo. This one him his first Tony award. In the same year A Streetcar Named Desire became a motion picture. Williams continued writing while his previous works gained popularity both nationally and abroad. In 1955 Williams won his second Tony Award for A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He also won Tony award and a Drama Critics’ Circle Award for The Night of the Iguana, which later became a motion picture. Audience members were very receptive to Williams plays because they provided elements of realism. Many of the characters in his plays were his own family members, people he knew and in some cases himself. He used many of his like experiences to be the plot behind his most famous works. His family struggles and issues with drugs and alcohol were also seen in his works. During the 1970 the problems seemed to become more apparent. In the bar of a Tokyo Hotel was about the authors struggle with alcoholism. Along with the alcohol problem came a feeling of worthlessness and self-doubt. Williams not longer felt that he couldn’t write. These feelings are evident his work The Two Character Play which was a failure as soon as it reached Broadway. Critics felt that Williams allowed his personal problems to effect his writing. Although this brief period of failure hit Williams hard he once pressed on. Toward the end of his life he wrote Memoirs, which showed a great depth of his personal life however the story was not well received by critics or his supporters. Overall Williams work was generally well received at the time of publication and now. Williams career had is share of failures but was overall work was brilliant. Some critics felt as though Williams’ fame as a playwright overshadowed his short stories. Other critics said that his short stories were just “simplified and sharp versions of his plays”. Williams is recognized as one of the leading playwrights in America. Williams was known for tackling the hard issues or life and specific elements of the south and presenting them in a believable and realist way. Many times his topics and story line shocked his audience making his works unforgettable. Even though critics claim that he later work was inconsistent with his earlier works he is still recognized as a famous playwright today.
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