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Is contained inThe Collected Plays of Tennessee Williams by Tennessee Williams (indirect) Teatro: La gatta sul tetto che scotta; Improvvisamente l'estate scorsa, La rosa tatuata, Un tram che si chiama desiderio by Tennessee Williams The Glass Menagerie / A Streetcar Named Desire / Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Seventh Edition: Volume E: 1945 to the Present by Nina Baym Has the adaptationHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textHas as a student's study guideHas as a teacher's guide
Tennessee Williams' classic drama studies the emotional disintegration of a Southern woman whose last chance for happiness is destroyed by her vindictive brother-in-law. No library descriptions found. |
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