{"product_id":"the-metatheater-of-tennessee-williams-laura-michiels-9781476666464","title":"The Metatheater of Tennessee Williams: Tracing the Artistic Process Through Seven Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e Tennessee Williams' characters set the stage for their own dramas. Blanche DuBois (\u003ci\u003eA Streetcar Named Desire\u003c\/i\u003e), arrived at her sister's apartment with an entire trunk of costumes and props. Amanda Wingfield (\u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e) directed her son on how to eat and tries to make her daughter act like a Southern Belle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book argues for the persistence of one metatheatrical strategy running throughout Williams' entire oeuvre: each play stages the process through which it came into being--and this process consists of a variation on repetition combined with transformation. Each chapter takes a detailed reading of one play and its variation on repetition and transformation. Specific topics include reproduction in \u003ci\u003eSweet Bird of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), mediation in \u003ci\u003eSomething Cloudy, Something Clear\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), and how the playwright frequently recycled previous works of art, including his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Michiels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476666466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476666464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Laura Michiels","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989173338367,"sku":"9781476666464","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_62dcfb94-ecb4-4a98-96ae-5d3dc0ad8f46.jpg?v=1683297990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-metatheater-of-tennessee-williams-laura-michiels-9781476666464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}