The Glass Menagerie

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The Glass Menagerie (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)

The Story:

Tom and Laura’s father—Amanda Wingfield’s husband—had abandoned his family some years ago, and Tom tells the audience that he is about to relate a “memory play,” “truth in the pleasant guise of illusion.” The time Tom recalls is during the Depression, when he lived with his mother and sister in a St. Louis apartment building described as “one of those vast hive-like conglomerations of cellular living-units.” Amanda dominated the household as an aging Southern belle who retained her girlish charm as well as an eternal optimism and a fierce...

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• The Glass Menagerie (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
• The Glass Menagerie (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

See Also:

• Tennessee Williams (Censorship--Ready Reference series)
• Tennessee Williams (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Tennessee Williams (Short Fiction)
• Tennessee Williams (Dictionary of World Biography)
• Tennessee Williams (Identities and Issues)
• Tennessee Williams (Drama)

See Also:

• - For teachers, the The Glass Menagerie Lesson Plan.
• - The Glass Menagerie summary and study guide in the eNotes.