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The Cambridge companion to August Wilson /

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The Cambridge companion to August Wilson /

[Book]

edited by Christopher Bigsby.

1st ed.

New York :

Cambridge University Press,

2007.

ix, 227 pages ;

23 cm.

Cambridge companions to literature

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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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.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 100 Brook Hill Dr, West Nyack, NY, USA, 10994-2133, (845)3537500

Wilson, August-- Criticism and interpretation.

Wilson, August-- Criticism and interpretation.

Wilson, August, 1945-2005

Wilson, August.

Wilson, August.

African Americans in literature.

Historical drama, American-- History and criticism.

African Americans in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Historical drama, American-- History and criticism.

Historical drama, American.

Bigsby, C. W. E.

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