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

Biographical Information (Reference Collection)

• American Writers, Vol. 4 (Ref PS 129 .A55)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century American Dramatists (Ref PS 21 .D5 vol. 7)

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, 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.