The Glass Menagerie: A Collection of Critical Essays

by R.B. Parker

Book Overview

Essays discuss different productions of the play, identify literary influences, examine the characters, and analyzes Williams' dramatic technique.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0139348360
• ISBN13: 9780139348365
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Mysterious, touching play. Recommended highly.

I wish I had read this play earlier. It really is a great story. I say it is mysterious because it is told from the memory of one of the characters. Laura, a crippled girl who has dropped out of school, spends all her time playing with small animals made of glass (i.e., the glass menagerie). She has never had a boyfriend, but one day her brother Tom brings home a man from his work. It turns out that in high school Laura had a crush on this man, who went to school with her. It takes some thinking, but it is a wonderful work. See for yourself--find a copy of this somewhere. It can be read in no time at all.