A Streetcar Named Desire (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1947
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: Late 1940’s
- Genres: Realism, Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Sex or sexuality, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Marriage, 1940’s, Prostitution or prostitutes, Rape, New Orleans
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
Places Discussed
*New Orleans. Louisiana city in which the Kowalskis live adds to the tensions inside the apartment. New Orleans just after World War II but before air-conditioning was a hot and humid place to live. Windows had to be kept open, which adds to the noise and sense of overcrowding in the Kowalski apartment. The apartment is in the French Quarter, known for incessant activity day and night. Noises of all sorts, from trains to cats to prostitutes to street vendors, constantly intrude upon the tiny space. Rowdy neighbors, also with their windows open, increase the...
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