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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher.  \nPrinted and bound in the United States of America.  \nFirst Printing 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nTennessee Williams’s A streetcar named Desire / [edited and with an introduction by] Harold Bloom.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s guides) Includes bibliographical references.  \nISBN 0-7910-8242-3 (alk. paper)  \n1. Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. Streetcar named Desire. 2. New Orleans (La.)—In literature. I. Title: Streetcar named Desire. II. Bloom, Harold. III. Series.  \nPS3545 .I5365S837 2005 812’.54—dc22  \n2004030477  \nEvery effort has been made to trace the owners of copyrighted material and secure copyright permission. Articles appearing in this volume generally appear much as they did in their original publication with little to no editorial changes. Those interested in locating the original source will find bibliographic information in the bibliography and acknowledgments sections of this volume.  \nIntroduction 7  \nBiographical Sketch 14  \nThe Story Behind the Story 18  \nList of Characters 21  \nSummary and Analysis 23  \nCritical Views 70  \nNormand Berlin on Desire and the Character Dialectic 70  \nFrank Bradley on the Metaphors of Space 73  \nBert Cardullo on Blanche’s Relationship with Stella 76  \nRuby Cohn on Modes of Characterization 80  \nMary Ann Corrigan on Illusion and Reality 84  \nArthur Ganz on Punishment and Morality 90  \nAlice Griffin on the Symbols of Light and Water 92  \nBritton J. Harwood on the Ethics of Blanche and Williams 95  \nEsther Merle Jackson on the Anti-Heroic Cycle 97  \nPhilip C. Kolin on Mitch as Williams’ Suitor Type 99  \nBrenda Murphy on Kazan’s Perception of Steve and Eunice 101  \nJacqueline O’Connor on the Patriarchy and  \nCommitment of Females 103  \nNicholas Pagan on the Significance of Names 107  \nNicholas Pagan on the Significance of Music  \nin Characterization 115  \nLeonard Quirino on the Metaphor of Games and Cards 121  \nJohn M. Roderick on Stanley as a Psychological Hero 123  \nNancy Tischler on Stanley and Blanche  \nas Anti-Thetical Ideals 124  \nWorks by Tennessee Williams 128  \nAnnotated Bibliography 131  \nContributors 134  \nAcknowledgments 137  \nIndex 139  \n Introduction  \nHAROLD BLOOM  \nIt is a sad and inexplicable truth that the United States, a dramatic nation, continues to have so limited a literary achievement in the drama. American literature, from Emerson to the present moment, is a distinguished tradition. The poetry of Whitman, Dickinson, Frost, Stevens, Eliot, W.C. Williams, Hart Crane, R.P. Warren, Elizabeth Bishop down through the generation of my own contemporaries—John Ashbery, James Merrill, A.R. Ammons, and others—has an unquestionable eminence, and takes a vital place in Western literature. Prose fiction from Hawthorne and Melville on through Mark Twain and Henry James to","cbCaiazyn5fRQP04","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiazyn5fRQP04","pdf",1077641,144,"English","# Introduction\n## Harold Bloom\n# Biographical Sketch\n# The Story Behind the Story\n# List of Characters\n# Summary and Analysis\n# Critical Views\n## Normand Berlin on Desire and the Character Dialectic\n## Frank Bradley on the Metaphors of Space\n## Bert Cardullo on Blanche’s Relationship with Stella\n## Ruby Cohn on Modes of Characterization\n## Mary Ann Corrigan on Illusion and Reality\n## Arthur Ganz on Punishment and Morality\n## Alice Griffin on the Symbols of Light and Water\n## Britton J. Harwood on the Ethics of Blanche and Williams\n## Esther Merle Jackson on the Anti-Heroic Cycle\n## Philip C. 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