Suddenly Last Summer (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Tennessee Williams
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1936
- Setting: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Principal Characters: Mrs. Violet Venable, Dr. Cukrowicz, Catharine Holly, Miss Foxhill, Mrs. Holly, George Holly, Sister Felicity
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Values
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
The Story:
Mrs. Venable summoned Dr. Cukrowicz to her mansion in New Orleans’ Garden District. He came as a result of his interest in an enormous endowment from the Sebastian Venable Memorial Foundation. Mrs. Venable and Cukrowicz strolled through the exotic garden that had been the realm of Mrs. Venable’s late son, Sebastian. Mrs. Venable and Cukrowicz discussed Sebastian’s occupation, which she insisted was Sebastian’s life because “a poet’s life is his work and his work is his life.” She showed the doctor one of Sebastian’s poems from his collection, Poems...
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