Suddenly Last Summer (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1936
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Values
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
Places Discussed
*New Orleans. Louisiana city at the mouth of the Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico. Although for the young Williams, it exerted a liberating influence, nevertheless he was aware of sinister and malign elements in the old French city. One factor contributing to Blanche DuBois’s mental collapse in A Streetcar Named Desire (pr., pb. 1947) is the casual decadence of the French Quarter, which is almost a living entity in the drama. In this play it is the uptown Garden District of New Orleans, home to wealthy nonbohemian residents, which is a metaphor for...
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