On a Streetcar Named Success explained

"On a Streetcar Named Success" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about the corrupting impact of fame on the artist.^[1] The essay first appeared in The New York Times on November 30, 1947, four days before the premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire.^[2] It was later republished as "The Catastrophe of Success" and often appears as an introduction to The Glass Menagerie.

Further reading

• Book: Williams, Tennessee . Where I Live: Selected Essays . Christine R Day . Bob Woods . New Directions . . 1978 . 0-8112-0705-6 . 4004609 . registration .

Notes and References

1. Neri . Barbara . 2018 . Loving Thee Better after Death: Williams’s Allusion to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Her Sonnets from the Portuguese in A Streetcar Named Desire . The Tennessee Williams Annual Review . 17 . 67–92 . 10.2307/48615444 . 48615444.
2. Bak . John S. . January 2024 . ‘Before We Met’: Tennessee Williams, Robert Carter, and the ‘Catastrophe’ of Post-1945 Friendships . Tennessee Williams Annual Review . 23 . 55–71 . EBSCOhost.