The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams. Volume 1, 1920-1945.
New York: New Directions, 2000. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine unread copy in a Fine dust jacket. Review Copy.with promo letter laid in This volume of Williams's letters begins with a note, riddled with spelling errors, from the eight-year-old Williams at his grandfather's house to his mother and ends with a flurry of excited letters dating from the weeks following his first Broadway success, The Glass Menagerie . In between, we see Williams in several phases: distracted student; defensive college dropout; money-begging pathetic case; outraged, rejected writer; high-potential low achiever drifting through New Orleans, New Mexico, and New York. At times, especially during the period when he attended, in succession, the University of Missouri, Washington University, and the University of Iowa without ever quite finding his calling, it seems miraculous that he ever did pull it together. Each letter in this addictively readable collection is accompanied by some biographical text that places it in context in Williams' life and explains the obscurer and more personal allusions he makes. Item #26877
ISBN: 0811214451
Price: $45.00