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The Glass Menagerie [2] is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
Critic Reynolds Price in The New York Times distinguishes the short story on its own merits: “‘Portrait of a Girl in Glass,' which prefigures the plot and entire cast of The Glass Menagerie, is as self-contained and piercing as the play.” [13] Literary critic Dennis Vannatta identifies Williams's short stories as a significant ...
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
"On a Streetcar Named Success" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about the corrupting impact of fame on the artist. [1] The essay first appeared in The New York Times on November 30, 1947, four days before the premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire.
Nick Carraway is a fictional character and narrator in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby.The character is a Yale University alumnus from the American Midwest, a World War I veteran, and a newly arrived resident of West Egg on Long Island, near New York City.
The Glass Menagerie is a 1950 American drama film directed by Irving Rapper. The screenplay by Tennessee Williams and Peter Berneis is based on the 1944 Williams play of the same title . It was the first of his plays to be adapted for the screen.
"The Catastrophe of Success" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about art and the artist's role in society. It is often included in paper editions of The Glass Menagerie. [1]A version of this essay first appeared in The New York Times, [1] November 30, 1947, four days before the opening of A Streetcar Named Desire (previously titled "The Poker Night").