Name/Title
The Kindness of Strangers: The Life of Tennessee WilliamsEntry/Object ID
812.54 SPODescription
This is the first complete, critical biography of Tennessee Williams (1911–1983), one of America's finest playwrights and the author of (among many important works) The Glass Menagerie, Summer and Smoke, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer, and The Night of the Iguana. Award-winning biographer Donald Spoto gives us not only a full and accurate account of Williams's life, he also reveals the intimate connections between the playwright's personal dramas and his remarkably autobiographical art. From his birth into a genteel Southern family, through his success, celebrity, and wealth, to his drug addictions, promiscuity, and creative struggles, Tennessee Williams lived a life as gripping as his plays. The Kindness of Strangers, based on Williams's own papers, his mother's diaries, and interviews with scores of friends, lovers, and professional associates, is, in the author's words, a portrait of "a man more disturbing, more dramatic, richer and more wonderful than any character he created."Collection
Library CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
9-1/2 inWidth
6-1/2 inDepth
1-1/2 inBook Details
Author
Spoto, DonaldEdition
FirstPlace Published
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaDate Published
1985Binding
Binding Type
Hardcover or Case BoundPublication Language
EnglishCall No.
812.54 SPOISBN
0-316-80781-8Condition
Reason for Exam
At AcquisitionOverall Condition
Good