Dec 28, 2009
The Field of Blue Children | The Field of Blue Children
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1930's
- Setting: A small university town in the United States
- Principal Characters: Myra, Kirk Abbott, Homer Stallcup, Hertha
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Poetry or poets, 1930’s, College life, Flowers, Colleges or universities, Students or student life, Clubs, social, Neuroses, Dating
- Locales: United States
The Story
Myra, a university student, is rather typical, a sorority girl pinned to Kirk Abbott, a fraternity
man. She still accepts dates from other men, so it is quite clear that the two are fairly casual about
their relationship.
No matter how many parties Myra attends, no matter how often she dances until she should
be exhausted by the evening's end, she always feels that something is missing in her life.
This neurotic sensation makes her feel as though she has lost something, misplaced some
unknown item, the exact nature of which eludes her. Sometimes she visits the...
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