American Literature / Unit 17 AML 1636 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Tennessee Williams and *The Glass Menagerie*
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The idea
Born Thomas Lanier Williams in Mississippi, he took the pen name Tennessee. His sister Rose was given a lobotomy and spent her life institutionalized, and the witness says many of his plays deal with her trauma. The Glass Menagerie opened in Chicago and ran long on Broadway.
In practice
A sister's fate, written into the plays.
Where people slip
The family material is direct, not disguised.
Your place on the trail
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