02417cam a2200337 i 4500 1261908753 TxAuBib 950208s1995||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780517702253 0517702258 9780393316636 0393316637 (OCoLC)4907 DLC eng DLC BKL OCLCQ BAKER NLGGC BTCTA LVB YDXCP OCLCG OTP COCUF GEBAY NSB IGP NSB MUO OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ OVY TxAuBib rda Leverich, Lyle. Tom : the unknown Tennessee Williams / Lyle Leverich. 1st ed. New York : Crown Publishers, 1995. xxvi, 644 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. The shattered mirror: origins of a biography -- Tennessee Williams: the man and the artist versus his image -- Lodestar, 1900-1929 -- Moonward, 1929-1937 -- Outer Space, 1937-1939 -- Wanderings, 1940-1943 -- New Harbors, 1943-1945. Considered by many to be the greatest artist of the American theatre, Tennessee Williams has been described by those who knew him as shy and aggressive, lucid and manic, accessible and elusive, kind and cruel, but always enigmatic. Until now, little has been known of Williams's youth and the true forces that influenced and helped create the persona of Tennessee Williams. The author chosen by the playwright himself as his biographer, has been given exclusive access to letters, diaries and journals, unpublished manuscripts, and family documents and has written the definitive biography of Williams's early life. He takes us through Williams's largely unknown life from the young, introspective schoolboy through his stalled academic career, the early success of his writing, the confusion over his sexuality, the growing certainty of his talent, to the brink of fame with The Glass Menagerie. Tom tells the story of the ""unknown"" years of the playwright's life, before Tom, the person, was eclipsed by Tennessee, the celebrated persona. Also issued online. Williams, Tennessee 1911-1983. Leverich, Lyle Friends and associates. Dramatists, American 20th century Biography. Biography.