Tennessee Williams

JOHN S. BAK is Professor of American Studies at the Université de Lorraine, France. His previous books on Tennessee Williams include Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, and Queer Masculinities (2010) and New Selected Essays: Where I Live (editor, 2009).

Preface Acknowledgements Columbus to Columbia (via St Louis): Separating Fact from Fiction University City to Clayton (via Memphis): Looking for a Publisher in Spring Clayton to New Orleans (via Iowa City): Academic Blues vs. 'American Blues' New Orleans to Hollywood (via Acapulco): Mañana Es Otro Día Hollywood to Rome (via Chicago): The 'Catastrophe' of His Success Rome to Rome (via nearly everywhere else): 'Comfortable little mercies' New York to New York (via Miami): A Battle of Angles Tokyo to St Louis (via Spoleto): The Stoned(wall) Age Key West to New York (via Bangkok): In Search of Androgyny Chicago to St Louis (via Vancouver): 'Right (write) on!' Epilogue Bibliography Notes