The Tennessee Williams Annual Review: Number 18 - 2019

IN THIS ISSUE The personal diaries of Edwina Dakin Williams, Tennessee Williams' s strong-willed and long-suffering mother, take center stage. Housed in HNOC' s Fred W. Todd Tennessee Williams Collection and published together in full for the first time, Edwina' s entries offer a powerful view of young Tom Williams' s tumultuous, sometimes violent childhood. John S. Bak' s in-depth introduction and notes provide crucial context as readers immerse themselves in the raw material that Williams would eventually transform into The Glass Menagerie' s unforgettable Amanda Wingfield.

Essays inside the issue shed new light on the shocking production of Jean Cocteau' s French adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire, explores homoeroticism in Williams' s paintings, and investigates three as yet unpublished works by the playwright.