A Biography of Tennessee Williams

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This biography includes details of childhood, family life, professional life, personal life and drug addictions, successes and failures, criticisms, and connections between his personal life and his works, namely how his characters were inspired by his family members. Also included are quotes from Williams himself.

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"Some authors, throughout their lifetimes, continue to produce good novels and publications until their death. Tennessee Williams, however, wrote a few good plays, including The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire. After 1962, Williams wrote very little that earned him money or respect. Although critics were nearly unanimous in later years with negative criticism, Williams was still considered to be a great American writer. His career could be justified by analyzing his family background and the "emotional currents" in his life, as well as the events in his life that led to such unsuccessful writing ("Williams, Tennessee" DISCovering Biography)."

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