Tennessee Williams (Censorship (Ready Reference series))

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Although Williams has been widely acknowledged as one of the leading modern American playwrights, his work has often been criticized for its violence and an obsession with sexuality. A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), for example, was a Broadway hit. It helped launch Williams’ creative writing career when it won the Drama Critics’ Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. However, it was criticized for being uncouth and overly violent. Williams publicly responded to such criticism by arguing that it was all right for a play to be violent and full of motion,...

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