The first volume opens with the rediscovered early plays, Spring Storm and Not About Nightingales, and contains such classics as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rose Tattoo, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, as well as a selection of one–acts. Gathering thirty-two works written from the 1930s to the 1980s, this collection contains all the essential dramatic works of the playwright who transformed the American stage. It will be a help, in particular, to the egalitarian society to overcome such barriers.In celebration of the Tennessee Williams centennial in 2011, The Library of America presents its acclaimed two-volume edition in a collector’s boxed set. This study is qualitative in nature that identifies factors delimiting down womens role in society. Such worldviews shaped by language are explored in the play by applying Norman Fairclough s theory of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).The study unravels factors that lead to the exploration of the hidden ideologies related to male superiority and female subordination in the selected play. The paper identifies the distinct and subtle ways in which the manifest inclination towards male dominance is sought, responsible for shaping patriarchal norms signified in the characters speeches to project the acute sensitivity to the plight of women. The main thrust of the study is to explore the subversive signs that uncover the dominant masculine ideology inherent in the structure of the play. Patriarchy is lack of any of the gender or sexual identities that destabilize the heterosexual patriarchal power system. This study critically analyses the patriarchal norms in the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (1911-1983). Subversion of Patriarchal Norms in Tennessee Williams Play s The Glass Menagerie

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