{"product_id":"9780230256781","title":"Gentlemen Callers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGentlemen Callers\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fascinating look at America's greatest twentieth-century playwright and perhaps the most-performed, even today. Michael Paller looks at Tennessee Williams's plays from the 1940s through the 1960s against the backdrop of the playwright's life story, providing fresh details. Through this lens Paller examines the evolution of mid-twentieth-century America's acknowledgment and acceptance of homosexuality. From the early one-act \u003ci\u003eAuto-da-Fé\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Menagerie\u003c\/i\u003e through \u003ci\u003eCamino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGarden District\u003c\/i\u003e and the late \u003ci\u003eSomething Cloudy, Something Clear,\u003c\/i\u003e Paller's book investigates how Williams's earliest critics marginalized or ignored his gay characters and why, beginning in the 1970s, many gay liberationists reviled them. Lively, blunt, and provocative, this book will appeal to anyone who loves Williams, Broadway, and the theater.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067637186800,"sku":"9780230256781","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780230256781_p0.jpg?v=1763676155","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780230256781","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}