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by Tennessee Williams; Introduction by Robert Bray
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Most readers responded warmly to Tennessee Williams’s play, praising its precise, poetic rendering of a fragile family and the sharply drawn trio of Tom, Amanda, and Laura. Reviewers highlighted its emotional clarity, the tension between obligation and aspiration, and the glass motif as an apt symbol of vulnerability; several recommended experiencing it onstage and even paired it with A Raisin in the Sun for discussion. A minority dissent found it thin and derivative, rating it poorly.
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- Title The Glass Menagerie
- Author Tennessee Williams; Introduction by Robert Bray
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 104
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New Directions Publishing Corporation, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1999-06-17
- ISBN 9780811214049 / 0811214044
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.4 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 1.02 cm)
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Themes
- Catalog Heading: Language Arts/Literature
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Lgbt
- Category Plays / Drama
- Library of Congress subjects Family, Young men
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 98054624
- Dewey Decimal Code 812.54
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- New York Review of Books, 06/10/2010, Page 28
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