Comments | christina_reads: A Streetcar Named Desire

christina_reads

A Streetcar Named Desire

Jul 25, 2010 23:05

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era: modern, genre: play, challenge: 1010 category challenge, genre: southern lit, reviews

Comments 6

fbajet July 26 2010, 03:36:27 UTC

Really, you haven't read this before? My favorite high school English teacher made it really memorable for us, by belting out STELLAAAAAAAA a lot.

christina_reads July 26 2010, 13:46:13 UTC

Astonishingly, I never had to read this in high school -- or college, for that matter! I'm beginning to suspect that my education had some quite horrifying gaps.

iamfitz July 26 2010, 04:56:13 UTC

I always liked the line about Elysian Fields, which is where heroes in Greek mythology went after their deaths. Williams really hit it out of the park with that play. It's been forever since I read it, though. I remember it as brutal and moving. I'm not sure any other writer in America got lonliness and isolation the way Williams did.

christina_reads July 26 2010, 13:47:37 UTC

Yes, I liked that part too! I was definitely impressed with the play, and I need to read some more Tennessee Williams. I think I read Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ages ago, but it's definitely due for a re-read.

ros360 July 27 2010, 18:54:15 UTC

Agree. It ought to be seen on stage.

christina_reads July 27 2010, 20:14:28 UTC

True of all plays, really! :)