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Article: Philip C. Kolin, ed. The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia.(Book Review)
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- American Drama
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- June 22, 2005
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Philip C. Kolin, ed. The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia. Westport and London: Greenwood P, 2004. Pp. xxix, 350. 89.95 (hb).
If reading an encyclopedia from cover to cover is a Herculean task, reviewing one is surely a Sisyphean undertaking, and The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia is no exception. So rich is its content, so vast are its intellectual horizons, that the demands placed on its reviewer appear insurmountable. Given that 57 Williams scholars have contributed their expertise to this book's making, one reviewer's attempt to assess its merits seems a trifling affair by comparison. Having said that, the recent publication of Tennessee Williams A to Z: A ...