This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams III).

Reference Books

• Contemporary Literary Criticism, (Ref PN 771 .C59) Volume(s):
  • 1: 367, 369
  • 2: 465-466
  • 5: 498-499, 501, 503-504
  • 8: 547, 549
  • 11: 571-576
  • 15: 580
  • 19: 470, 473-474
  • 30: 455-458, 461, 464-466, 469-470
  • 39: 446
  • 71: 354-406
  • 111: 379-380, 388-389, 391, 393, 395, 397, 404, 408, 414, 417-424
• Drama Criticism, (Ref PN 1601 .D59) Volume(s):
  • 4: 371-374, 378-379, 381-391, 398, 418
• Drama for Students (Ref PN 1601 .D73) Volume(s):
  • 1: 123-139
• Masterplots, Revised Second Edition (Ref PN 44 .M33 1996 v.5) Volume(s):
  • 5: 2543-2545

General Collection Books (may be checked out)

• Bloom, Harold. Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie." (1988) (PS 3545 .I5365 G537 1988)
• Bloom, Harold. Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie'. Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. (2007) (PS 3545 .I5365 G5383 2007)
• Bloom, Harold. Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie'. Bloom's Guides. (2007) (PS 3545 .I5365 G538 2007)
• Davis, J. K. "Landscapes of the dislocated Mind in Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie,'" in Tennessee Williams: A Tribute. Ed. Jac Tharpe. (1977) (PS 3545 .I5365 Z847) (pp. 192-206)
• Falk, Signi. Tennessee Williams. (1978) (PS 3545 .I5365 Z64 1978)
• Gassner, John. Theatre at the Crossroads: Plays and Paywrights of the Mid-Century American Stage. (1960) (PN 1851 .G3) (pp. 84-85)
• Lily, Mark, ed. Lesbian and Gay Writing: An Anthology of Critical Essays. (1990) (PR 120 .G39 L47 1990)
• Parker, R. B., ed. 'The Glass Menagerie': A Collection of Critical Essays. (1983) (PS 3545 .I5365 G538 1983)
• Roudané, Matthew C. The Cambridge Companion to Tennessee Williams. (1997) (PS 3545 .I5365 Z614 1997)
• Siebold, Thomas, ed. Readings on 'The Glass Menagerie'. (1988) (PS 3545 .I5365 G539 1998)
• Scheye, T. E. "The Glass Menagerie: 'It's No Tragedy, Freckles.'" in Tennessee Williams: A Tribute. Ed. Jac Tharpe. (1977) (PS 3545 .I5365 Z847) (pp.207-213)
• Stanton, Stephen S., ed. Tennessee Williams: a Collection of Critical Essays (1977) (PS 3545 .I5365 Z845)
• Stein, Roger B. "'The Glass Managerie' Revisited: Catastrophe Without Violence" in Tennessee Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie'. Ed. Harold Bloom. (1988) (PS 3545 .I5365 G537 1988)
• Tischler, Nancy M. Student Companion to Tennessee Williams. (PS 3545 .I5365 Z853) (pp. 27-39)

E-Books

• Bigsby, Christopher (C.W.E.) Modern American Drama, 1945-2000. 2000.ebrary
• Bigsby, Christopher (C.W.E.) Contemporary American Playwirghts. 1999. ebrary
• Gilman, Richard. The Drama Is Coming Now: the Theatre Criticism of Richard Gilman, 1961-1991. 2005. ebrary
• Roberts, James Lamar. "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire": Notes. 1965. netLibrary

Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)

• Literature Resource Center
• Literature Criticism Online
• Literature Online (LION). Knowledge Notes.

Articles

Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Academic OneFile, Wilson OmniFile FullText Mega, Masterfile Premier, JSTOR, for recent journal articles like those posted below.

• Bluefarb, Sam. "'The Glass Menagerie: Three Visions of Time." College English 24 (1963): 513-518.
• Cardullo, Bert. "Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie.'"The Explicator 55 (1997): 161-163.
• Cobbe, Elizabeth C. "Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie.'"The Explicator 61 (2002): 49-51.
• DiSchiavi, Michael. "Tennessee Williams' Women in a Man's World." Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 15.4 (2008): 18+.
• Fambrough, Preston. "Williams's 'The Glass Menagerie.'"The Explicator 63(2005): 100-103.
• Sutton, Brian. "Williams' 'The Glass Menagerie and Ultry's [sic] 'The Last Night of Ballyhoo.'" The Explicator 61 (2003): 172-74.