| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) |
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Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Contents |
August Wilson: the ground on which he stood / Christopher Bigsby -- Been here and gone / John Lahr -- August Wilson's relationship to Black theatre: community, aesthetics, history and race / Mary L. Bogumil -- Music and mythology in August Wilson's plays / Kim Pereira -- Gem of the ocean and the redemptive power of history / Harry J. Elam, Jr. -- Joe Turner's come and gone / Samuel A. Hay -- Ma Rainey's black bottom: cutting the historical record, dramatizing a blues CD / Alan Nadel -- A piano and its history: family and transcending family / Felicia Hardison Londré -- The tragedy of Seven guitars / Brenda Murphy -- Safe at home?: August Wilson's Fences / Matthew Roudané -- Two trains running: blood on the tracks / Stephen Bottoms -- Jitney, folklore and responsibility / David Krasner -- King Hedley II: in the midst of all this death / Joan Herrington -- Radio golf: the courage of his convictions: survival, success and spirituality / Margaret Booker -- Critics on August Wilson / David K. Sauer and Janice A. Sauer -- An interview with August Wilson / Christopher Bigsby |
| Summary |
This is a collection of essays on the work of the African American playwright August Wilson. An in-depth interview is included, and the cycle of ten plays are discussed chronologically allowing the reader to follow the unfolding story of the 20th century as seen by Wilson |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Wilson, August -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Wilson, August. fast (OCoLC)fst00139110 |
| Subject |
African Americans in literature
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Historical drama, American -- History and criticism
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African Americans in literature.
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American Literature.
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English.
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Historical drama, American.
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Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bigsby, C. W. E
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Cambridge University Press
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| ISBN |
1139001744 (electronic bk.) |
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9781139001748 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardback) |
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(pbk.) |
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(hardback) |
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