{"product_id":"the-metatheater-of-tennessee-williams-tracing-the-artistic-process-through-seven-plays-paperback","title":"The Metatheater of Tennessee Williams: Tracing the Artistic Process Through Seven Plays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Michiels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTennessee Williams' characters set the stage for their own dramas. Blanche DuBois (\u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e), arrived at her sister's apartment with an entire trunk of costumes and props. Amanda Wingfield (\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e) directed her son on how to eat and tries to make her daughter act like a Southern Belle. This book argues for the persistence of one metatheatrical strategy running throughout Williams' entire oeuvre: each play stages the process through which it came into being--and this process consists of a variation on repetition combined with transformation. Each chapter takes a detailed reading of one play and its variation on repetition and transformation. Specific topics include reproduction in \u003ci\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), mediation in \u003ci\u003eSomething Cloudy, Something Clear\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), and how the playwright frequently recycled previous works of art, including his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Michiels\u003c\/b\u003e is an English lecturer at Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Belgium. Articles and reviews by her have appeared in \u003ci\u003eArcadia: International Journal of Literary Culture, Amerikastudien, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her research currently focuses on contemporary American political theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 261\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.8 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51787685789984,"sku":"9781476666464","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/74acaad2163eb96814a69d87d9fa635e.webp?v=1780652889","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-metatheater-of-tennessee-williams-tracing-the-artistic-process-through-seven-plays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}