A Streetcar Named Desire：Streetcar Named Desire 欲望号街车

作者: Tennessee Williams （田纳西·威廉斯）著

出版社: Penguin

出版时间: 2009-02

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780141190273

定价: 118.50

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 128页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>小说

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FadingsouthernbelleBlancheDuboisdependsonthekindnessofstrangersandisadriftinthemodernworld.WhenshearrivestostaywithhersisterStellainacrowded,boisterouscornerofNewOrleans,herdelusionsofgrandeurbringherintoconflictwithStella'scrude,brutishhusbandStanley.EventuallytheirviolentcollisioncoursecausesBlanche'sfragilesenseofidentitytocrumble,threateningtodestroyhersanityandheronechanceofhappiness. TennesseeWilliamswasbornin1911inColumbus,Mississippi,wherehisgrandfatherwastheepiscopalclergyman.Whenhisfather,atravellingsalesman,movedwithhisfamilytoStLouissomeyearslater,bothheandhissisterfounditimpossibletosettledowntocitylife.HeenteredcollegeduringtheDepressionandleftafteracoupleofyearstotakeaclericaljobinashoecompany.Hestayedtherefortwoyears,spendingtheeveningwriting.HeenteredtheUniversityofIowain1938andcompletedhiscourse,atthesametimeholdingalargenumberofpart-timejobsofgreatdiversity.HereceivedaRockefellerFellowshipin1940forhisplayBattleofAngels,andhewonthePulitzerPrizein1948and1955.AmonghismanyotherplaysPenguinhavepublishedSummerandSmoke(1948),TheRoseTattoo(1951),CaminoReal(1953),BabyDoll(1957),OrpheusDescending(1957),SomethingUnspoken(1958),SuddenlyLastSummer(1958),PeriodofAdjustment(1960),TheNightoftheIguana(1961),TheMilkTrainDoesn'tStopHereAnymore(1963),andSmallCraftWarnings(1972).TennesseeWilliamsdiedin1983.
　　田纳西·威廉斯（TennesseeWilliams，1911-1983），是美国20世纪最伟大的三大戏剧家之一（另外两位是尤金·奥尼尔和阿瑟·米勒），同时也是全世界范围内最重要的剧作家之一。1948年和1955年分别以其《欲望号街车》及《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》两度赢得普利策奖和戏剧评论奖；《玻璃动物园》和《鬣蜥之夜》也分别于1945年和1961年拿下纽约戏剧评论奖，1952年的《玫瑰黥纹》获得托尼奖最佳戏剧奖殊荣。 Introduction:Regarding Streetcar

The Characters

A Streetcar Named Desire

The World I Live In
内容简介:
FadingsouthernbelleBlancheDuboisdependsonthekindnessofstrangersandisadriftinthemodernworld.WhenshearrivestostaywithhersisterStellainacrowded,boisterouscornerofNewOrleans,herdelusionsofgrandeurbringherintoconflictwithStella'scrude,brutishhusbandStanley.EventuallytheirviolentcollisioncoursecausesBlanche'sfragilesenseofidentitytocrumble,threateningtodestroyhersanityandheronechanceofhappiness.
作者简介:
TennesseeWilliamswasbornin1911inColumbus,Mississippi,wherehisgrandfatherwastheepiscopalclergyman.Whenhisfather,atravellingsalesman,movedwithhisfamilytoStLouissomeyearslater,bothheandhissisterfounditimpossibletosettledowntocitylife.HeenteredcollegeduringtheDepressionandleftafteracoupleofyearstotakeaclericaljobinashoecompany.Hestayedtherefortwoyears,spendingtheeveningwriting.HeenteredtheUniversityofIowain1938andcompletedhiscourse,atthesametimeholdingalargenumberofpart-timejobsofgreatdiversity.HereceivedaRockefellerFellowshipin1940forhisplayBattleofAngels,andhewonthePulitzerPrizein1948and1955.AmonghismanyotherplaysPenguinhavepublishedSummerandSmoke(1948),TheRoseTattoo(1951),CaminoReal(1953),BabyDoll(1957),OrpheusDescending(1957),SomethingUnspoken(1958),SuddenlyLastSummer(1958),PeriodofAdjustment(1960),TheNightoftheIguana(1961),TheMilkTrainDoesn'tStopHereAnymore(1963),andSmallCraftWarnings(1972).TennesseeWilliamsdiedin1983.
　　田纳西·威廉斯（TennesseeWilliams，1911-1983），是美国20世纪最伟大的三大戏剧家之一（另外两位是尤金·奥尼尔和阿瑟·米勒），同时也是全世界范围内最重要的剧作家之一。1948年和1955年分别以其《欲望号街车》及《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》两度赢得普利策奖和戏剧评论奖；《玻璃动物园》和《鬣蜥之夜》也分别于1945年和1961年拿下纽约戏剧评论奖，1952年的《玫瑰黥纹》获得托尼奖最佳戏剧奖殊荣。
目录:
Introduction:Regarding Streetcar

The Characters

A Streetcar Named Desire

The World I Live In