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Light, Symbolism, and Tragic Consciousness in the Theatre of Tennessee Williams: A Semiotic, Psychoanalytic, and Cultural Approach to Dramaturgical Me

by Katia Sotiriou
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798195278526
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 198
  • Original Price: GBP 12.05
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 273 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Theater / History & Criticism

What does light reveal-and what does it conceal?

In the theatre of Tennessee Williams, truth is never simple. Illusion, memory, desire, and identity exist in constant tension, shaping characters who struggle not only with the world around them, but with the deepest contradictions within themselves.

Light and Truth in the Theatre of Tennessee Williams offers a compelling exploration of this dramatic universe through the lens of symbolism, theatrical semiotics, and psychoanalytic theory. At the center of the analysis lies light-not merely as a stage effect, but as a powerful dramaturgical mechanism that reveals, distorts, and transforms meaning.

Through close readings of major works including A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Suddenly, Last Summer, this book examines:

  • The relationship between visibility and truth
  • The role of memory and time in shaping identity
  • The tension between desire and social repression
  • The construction of tragic consciousness in modern drama

Blending rigorous academic insight with accessible language, this study invites readers into a theatre where light does not simply illuminate-but exposes the fragile boundaries between reality and illusion.

A must-read for students, scholars, and anyone passionate about theatre, literature, and the complexities of human experience.

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