| Description |
x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [230]-266) and index. |
| Contents |
The history lesson : authenticity and anachronism in August Wilson's plays / by Anne Flèche -- August Wilson's burden : the function of neoclassical jazz / by Craig Werner -- Speaking of Ma Rainey/ talking about the blues / by Sandra Adell -- Filling the time : reading history in the drama of August Wilson / by John Timpane -- Boundaries, logistics, and identity : the property of metaphor in Fences and Joe Turner's come and gone / by Alan Nadel -- Ghosts on the piano : August Wilson and the representation of Black American history / by Michael Morales -- American history as "loud talking" in Two trains running / by Mark William Rocha -- Romare Bearden, August Wilson, and the traditions of African performance / by Joan Fishman -- The ground on which I stand : August Wilson's perspective on African American Women / by Sandra G. Shannon -- August Wilson's women / by Harry J. Elam, Jr. -- August Wilson's gender lesson / by Missy Dehn Kubitschek -- I want a Black director / by August Wilson -- "The crookeds with the straights" : fences, race, and the politics of adaptation / by Michael Awkward. |
| Subject |
Wilson, August -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Historical drama, American -- History and criticism.
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African Americans in literature.
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| Added Author |
Nadel, Alan, 1947-
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| ISBN |
0877454280 (acid-free paper) |
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9780877454281 (acid-free paper) |
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0877454396 (paper : acid-free paper) |
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9780877454397 (paper : acid-free paper) |
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