A Little Unwell: Madness in the World of Tennessee Williams

Author

Sarah Lynn Dickey

Date of Award

2010

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Colby Kullman

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

Tennessee Williams is a prolific playwright and an American literary icon. He is second only to Shakespeare in the amount of scholarly analyses of his work. Although I am writing my thesis in a crowded field, I am pursuing a fresh topic by studying madness in Williams' works, specifically the subcategories of Eccentrics/Acutes and Chronics - a construct put forth in the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. By applying Cuckoo's Nest and other texts involving madness to Tennessee Williams’ plays, I will explore the character of the mad individual, the impact of society upon the mad individual, and the mad individual's impact upon society.

Recommended Citation

Dickey, Sarah Lynn, "A Little Unwell: Madness in the World of Tennessee Williams" (2010). Honors Theses. 2319.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2319

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