Tennessee Williams: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Buch
- Herausgeber: Benjamin Hudson
- Bloomsbury Academic, 09/2023
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Paperback
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781350237988
- Bestellnummer: 11456953
- Nummer der Auflage: 23002
- Auflage: 2nd edition
- Gewicht: 141 g
- Maße: 198 x 131 mm
- Stärke: 17 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.9.2023
- Serie: Methuen Student Editions
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
'Williams's favourite among his plays, [Cat on a Hot Tin Roof] is perhaps his most impassioned and articulate statement on human isolation, the wrenching problems of communication between people and the ways in which death defines life.' NEW YORK TIMESIn Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a Southern family meet to celebrate 'Big Daddy' Pollitt's 65th birthday. But as the party unfolds, the facade of a happy family gathering is fractured by sexual frustration, repressed love and greed in the light of their father's impending death.
This edition includes a commentary by Benjamin Hudson, which explores the major themes of the play, including illness and mortality; white supremacy through the plantation setting; mendacity and 'fake news'; alcoholism and addiction; as well as sexuality, womanhood and mid-century notions of masculinity. It draws attention to the context of the play, including the cultural, social and political landscape of the Mississippi Delta and St. Louis; the first-hand witnessing of Black life in the South; homosexuality and outsider sympathy; and American conservatism and the idealised 1950s family. It also delves into recent productions and adaptations of the play, including the Bollywood and Antoine Fuqua film adaptations.