Bibliograph

The luck of friendship, the letters of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin, edited by Peggy L. Fox and Thomas Keith

Type

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The luck of friendship, the letters of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin, edited by Peggy L. Fox and Thomas Keith

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The luck of friendship

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1020297997

Responsibility statement

edited by Peggy L. Fox and Thomas Keith

Series statement

James Laughlin selected letters series

Sub title

the letters of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin

Summary

The chronicle of Tennessee Williams and James Laughlin's unlikely yet enduring literary and personal relationship. So began a deep friendship that would last for forty-one years, through critical acclaim and rejection, commercial success and failure, manic highs, bouts of depression, and serious and not-so-serious liaisons. Williams called Laughlin his "literary conscience," and New Directions serves to this day as Williams's publisher, not only for The Glass Menagerie and his other celebrated plays but for his highly acclaimed novels, short stories, and volumes of poetry as well. Their story provides a window into the literary history of the mid-twentieth century and reveals the struggles of a great artist, supported in his endeavors by the publisher he considered a true friend

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