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The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 Book Cover
The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1, 10/e
George Perkins, Eastern Michigan University
Barbara Perkins, University of Toledo-Toledo


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You can read the following play by consulting your textbook. The e-notations provided below offer links to sites that offer background or otherwise illuminate the works. Enjoy!

The Glass Menagerie

See page 1259 in The American Tradition in Literature, Volume II, 10e

See page 1707 in The American Tradition in Literature, Shorter Edition, 10e

  • Seeing a production of The Glass Menagerie in person is probably the best way to experience it. Visit this site for some pictures of a recent production. Think about the ways the in which the actors you see resemble or differ from your mental image of the characters. Also, this website provides some interesting notes on the text -- be sure to read them!
  • Want to learn more about the life and works of Tennessee Williams? Visit this page, maintained by the University of Mississippi.
  • Tennessee Williams remains among the most important and talked about American dramatists. Ample evidence of this can be found at the homepage for the Tennessee Williams Annual Review, a center for the fertile Williams scholarship currently underway.