•Tennessee’sfatherwasasalesman,wasgoneoften,andgraduallybecameabusive•Hismothermostprobablyhadamentaldisorderbecauseshehaddramaticmoodswings,althoughsheneverwenttoadoctor•Hissisterwasschizophrenicandhadbrainsurgerythatlefthermentallyparalyzed•Williamshimselfdevelopedadrinkingproblemandbeganabusingprescriptionmedicine...
Tennessee Williams,田纳西威廉姆斯 TennesseeWilliams(1911–1983) He(March26,1911–February25,1983)wasanAmericanwriterwhoworkedprincipallyasaplaywrightintheAmericantheater.Hisprofessionalcareerlastedfromthemid1930suntilhisdeathin1983.Williamsadaptedmuchofhisbestknownworkforthecinema. TheGlassMenagerie[mi...
Williams accentuates Blanche's increasing loss of reproductive and bodily control, emphasizes the stigmatization of her mental health, exposes pervasive eugenic assumptions articulated by Blanche herself, and explores the eugenic potential of a DuBois-Kowalski child born to either Blanche or her sister...
this“memoryplay”TomWingfieldrecallshislifeinSt.LouiswithhismotherAmanda,afadedSouthernbelle,andhissisterLaura,withdrawnandslightlycrippledgirlwhocollectsglassanimalfigures.InthisaswellasinWilliams’sothermajorworks,asenseofdoomhangsoverthecharacters.Women,portrayedoftenwithgreatsympathy,areatthesametimefragileand...
TennesseeWilliams youngerbrotherDakin Inspirationsfromfamilymembers LauraWinnfieldinTheGlassMenagerie BlancheDuBoisinAStreetcarNamedDesire Personallife ClosedtohissisterRose lovewithFrankPhillipMerlo Greatworks ••••••••••TheGlassMenagerie(1950)AStreetcarNamedDesire(1951)TheRoseTattoo(1955)...
Inthis“memoryplay”TomWingfieldrecallshislifeinSt.LouiswithhismotherAmanda,afadedSouthernbelle,andhissisterLaura,withdrawnandslightlycrippledgirlwhocollectsglassanimalfigures. InthisaswellasinWilliams’sothermajorworks,asenseofdoomhangsoverthecharacters.Women,portrayedoftenwithgreatsympathy,areatthesametimefragileand...
only enduring relationship. Williams' relationship with Frank Merlo lasted from 1947 until 1962. With that stability, Williams created his most enduring works. Merlo provided balance to many of Williams' frequent bouts with depression[4] and the fear that, like his sister Rose, he would go ...
TennesseeWilliams美国文学威廉田纳西 Life •ThomasLanierWilliams(TennesseeinhonorofhisSouthernaccent)inColumbus,Mississippi(1911)1)Anabusiveandalcoholicfather(travellingshoesalesman)2)Arefinedbutsometimesaggressivemother unbalancedunion→D.H.Lawrence3)Hissister,RoseWilliams,anelegant,slimbeautydiagnosed with...
this“memoryplay”TomWingfieldrecallshislifeinSt.LouiswithhismotherAmanda,afadedSouthernbelle,andhissisterLaura,withdrawnandslightlycrippledgirlwhocollectsglassanimalfigures.InthisaswellasinWilliams‟sothermajorworks,asenseofdoomhangsoverthecharacters.Women,portrayedoftenwithgreatsympathy,areatthesametimefragile...
田纳西·威廉斯(TennesseeWilliams,1911-1983),是美国20世纪最伟大的三大戏剧家之一(另外两位是尤金·奥尼尔和阿瑟·米勒),同时也是全世界范围内最重要的剧作家之一。1948年和1955年分别以其《欲望号街车》及《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》两度赢得普利策奖和戏剧评论奖;《玻璃动物园》和《鬣蜥之夜》也分别于1945年和1961年拿...