{"product_id":"tenn-at-one-hundred-the-reputation-of-tennessee-williams-9781601824240","title":"Tenn at One Hundred: The Reputation of Tennessee Williams","description":"\u003cp\u003eTenn at One Hundred  edited by David Kaplan  is a comprehensive look at the reputation of Americas greatest playwright Tennessee Williams. Published on the occasion of Tennessee Williams centennial  Tenn at One Hundred contains eighteen essays by authors including John Lahr  William Jay Smith  Sam Staggs  Amiri Baraka  John Patrick Shanley  Kenneth Holditch  Allean Hale and others. Collectively the essays explore Tennessee Williams and his legacy: the plays  the films  reviews  talent  tenacity  good forturne  bad timing  friends  addictions  critics  producers  publishers  directors  actors and biographers that helped to shape Tennessee Williams critical reputation and iconic status over the past seventy years. Best known for the groundbreaking plays  A Streetcar Named Desire  Cat on a Hot Tin Roof  and The Glass Menagerie  Tennessee Williams began his writing career in the 1930s as a struggling and unknown poet. At the time of his death in 1983  Tennessee Williams was the most produced playwright in the country and one of the most ridiculed American writers. What were the events and decisions that created these conflicting extremes of reputation? How did Tennessee Williams come to be known as one of the most shocking writers of the post-war era while he was lauded as Americas poet of human heart? Tenn at One Hundred is the first book to attempt to answer these questions and to begin re-assessing Tennessee Williams reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960674115637,"sku":"ByrdShop_1601824246","price":41.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781601824240.jpg?v=1788292101","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tenn-at-one-hundred-the-reputation-of-tennessee-williams-9781601824240","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}