SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Tennessee Williams

»Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.« -- More information: Wikipedia

A Streetcar Named Desire

I n f o r m a t i o n

»A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947. The play dramatizes the experiences of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle who, after encountering a series of personal losses, leaves her once-prosperous situation to move into a shabby apartment in New Orleans rented by her younger sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 20^th Century | II. Geographical Index: American History: U.S. History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape; Society: Rape Culture

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Bak, John S. »‘Stanley Made Love to Her!–By Force!’. Blanche and the Evolution of a Rape.« Journal of American Drama and Theatre 16 (2004): 69-97.

[Info] Bak, John S. »"Stanley Made Love to Her!–By Force!" Blanche and the Evolution of a Rape.« A Streetcar Named Desire. Edited by Brenda Murphy. Pasadena 2009.

[Info] Bak, John S. »A Streetcar Named Dies Irae: Tennessee Williams and the Semiotics of Rape.« Tennessee Williams Annual Review No. 10 (2009): 41-72.

[Info] Gandouz, Olfa. »"Stop This Hysterical Outburst and Tell Me What's Happened?": Gendered Rape Trauma Syndrome of the Fallen Madonna in Tennessee Williams‘s A Streetcar Named Desire.« De Facto Trauma Reconsidered. Edited by Faten Haouioui. Newcastle upon Tyne 2021: 69-83.

[Info] Maiman, Nichole. "Who wants real? I want magic!" Musical madness in A Streetcar Named Desire. M.A. Thesis, University of Maryland, 2004.

[Info] Paquet-Deyris, Anne-Marie. »Fighting duels. Stanley vs. Blanche in the trunk and rape sequences.« Cercles No. 10 (2004): 177-183.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] Bak, John S. »A Streetcar Named Dies Irae: Tennessee Williams and the Semiotics of Rape.« Groupe de Recherche « Cultural Studies », Université Nancy. Nancy 1998.

[Info] Bak, John S. »The Semiotics of the Theatre: The Case of Rape in A Streetcar Named Desire.« Université Nancy. Nancy 2004.

[Info] Bak, John S. »A Streetcar Named Dies Irae: Tennessee Williams and the Semiotics of Rape.« 22^nd Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. New Orleans 2007.

[Info] Joy, Bernard T. »‘Something is going to happen to me’: Explorations of Southern Rape Culture in Faulkner’s Sanctuary, Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire and O'Connor’s The Violent Bear It Away.« 35^th Annual Conference on American Literature. Boston 2024.