A Streetcar Named Desire

The story of Blanche DuBois and her last grasp at happiness, and of Stanley Kowalski, the one who destroyed her chance. (more)

The story of Blanche DuBois and her last grasp at happiness, and of Stanley Kowalski, the one who destroyed her chance. (less)

Miller's rich perspective on Williams's singular style of poetic dialogue, sensitive characters, and dramatic violence m... (more)

Miller's rich perspective on Williams's singular style of poetic dialogue, sensitive characters, and dramatic violence makes this a unique and valuable new edition of "A Streetcar Named Desire." (less)

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as its importance and critical recepti... (more)

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work A Streetcar Named Desire, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author. (less)

After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where sh... (more)

After being exiled from her hometown of Auriol, Mississippi for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy at the school where she taught English, Blanche DuBois arrives unexpectedly at the New Orleans home of her pregnant sister Stella Kowalski and her Stella's husband Stanley. Stanley, both repulsed and attracted to Blanche, discovers that she has mortgaged property left to both sisters and spent all the money whereby he sets about discovering everything else he can about her past. Tension between Blanche and Stanley builds as time passes and is intensified when Blanche begins dating one of Stanley's poker buddies. (less)