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Kenneth Holditch and Richard Freeman Leavitt : Tennessee Williams and the South

University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, 2002

ISBN 1578064104

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CX5 - A first edition (numberline starts at "1") hardcover book SIGNED by Dick Leavitt and Kenneth Holditch with "En Avant!" written on the middle of the half-title page and also SIGNED and inscribed by Kenneth Holditch to previous owner after the signature of Dick Leavitt in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Book cocked, lightly moisture soiled, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9"x8.5", 111 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III was an American playwright. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. After years of obscurity, at age 33 he became suddenly famous with the success of The Glass Menagerie (1944) in New York City. This play closely reflected his own unhappy family background. It was the first of a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), and Sweet Bird of Youth (1959). With his later work, he attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences. Increasing alcohol and drug dependence inhibited his creative expression. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Much of Williams' most acclaimed work has been adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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