Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire (Bloom’s Guides)

Author: Harold Bloom

– Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world’s most important literary masterpieces- Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work- “The Story Behind the Story” details the conditions under which the work was written- Each book includes a biographical sketch of the author, a descriptive list of characters, an extensive summary and an….Read More

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