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- Title
A Modern Orpheus Descends.
- Authors
Canning, Richard
- Abstract
Presented here is the book "Notebooks," by Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams). Williams confided to his notebook: "I wish I loved somebody very dearly besides myself—." This set the tone for this remarkable and disturbing record of his life. The close relationship between aspects of Williams' life, the short stories he wrote and the slow, ceaseless process of turning these first into short plays, then full-length ones, has long been understood. "Notebooks," shows how bizarrely Williams moved between conscious and unconscious acceptance of the particularity of his dramatic themes. In his last decade, be became increasingly prone to quoting his own characters, rather than other writers or philosophers, to support his world view.
- Subjects
NOTEBOOKS (Book); WILLIAMS, Tennessee, 1911-1983; AUTHORS' notebooks; THEATER; STORY plots; NONFICTION
- Publication
Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 5, p10
- ISSN
1532-1118
- Publication type
Essay