序 前言 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Literature Review 1.2 Between Psychoanalysis and Tennessee Williams 1.3 Method of Application Chapter 2 Tennessee WilliamsSelf-Portrait as a Homosexual Artist 2.1 Female Characters as His Emotional Root 2.1.1 Lauraa poetic fragile otherworldly beauty 2.1.2 Blanchea surrealistic sexually perverted spirit 2.1.3 Almaan allegorical figure struggling to'come out' 2.2 Mythical Figures on the Sacred Mission 2.2.1 Valentine XavierWilliams'first attempt to save the world 2.2.2 Sebastian VenableWilliams'Conversion to the Cruel God 2.2.3 ShannonWilliams'seeking for his all-loving God 2.3 Younger Personae on the Journey of Self-pursuit 2.3.1 Felicethe last effort to regain his artistic identity 2.3.2 Writerrevisiting his lost muses 2.3.3 Augustrecalling his old love Conclusion Chapter 3 Living on the Social Margin 3.1 Ostracism and Isolation 3.1.1 Family 3.1.2 Community 3.1.3 Social Circle 3.2 Escape 3.2.1 Fleeing and Writinga temporary escape 3.2.2 Deatha permanent escape 3.2.3 Succumbing to the Heterosexual Conventionsa nonalternativeescape 3.3 Imprisoned in Loneliness 3.3.1 Solitude in the Closet 3.3.2 Lonesome on Fugitive Journey Conclusion Chapter 4 Envisioning an Ideal World 4.1 Communion of Spirit and Flesh 4.1.1 The Split of Spirit and Flesh 4.1.2 The Battle of Spirit and Flesh 4.1.3 The Reconciliation of Spirit and Flesh 4.2 Boundary of Sexes Blurred 4.2.1 The Passive Female Characters 4.2.2 The Awakening Female Characters 4.2.3 The Androgynous Female Characters 4.3 Harmony with Nature 4.3.1 Longing for Nature in the Urban Area 4.3.2 The Reminiscence of the Innocent Old South 4.3.3 A Natural Paradise Far From the Civilized World Conclusion Chapter 5 Braving Mainstream Discourse 5.1 A Language Full of Ambiguity 5.1.1 The Coded Words 5.1.2 The Incomplete Expression 5.1.3 The Shrouded Subjects 5.2 A Language of Awakening 5.2.1 An Ideal Homosexual Couple 5.2.2 The Alienated Homosexual 5.2.3 The Degraded Heterosexual 5.3 Beyond'Coming-out'Narrative 5.3.1 Spotlight Confessions 5.3.2 Dramatic Structure as the Mirror of Inner Psyche 5.3.3 Setting Speaks Conclusion Chapter 6 Conclusion Bibliography
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