The Glass Menagerie (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1945
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Mothers, Parents and children, South or Southerners, 1930’s, Disabilities or physically challenged persons
- Locales: St. Louis, MO
The Work
The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ first major play to appear on Broadway, is an autobiographical work. In it he delineates several personal and societal problems: the isolation of those who are outsiders for one reason or another, the hardships faced by single mothers, the difficulties a disability may create for a family, and the struggle of a young artist to begin his career.
The play has four characters. Amanda Wingfield is a woman from Mississippi whose husband moved the family to St. Louis and abandoned her and her two children. Laura has...
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