Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index.
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Ghosts from "down there" : the Southernness of August Wilson / Patricia Gantt -- Audience and Africanisms in August Wilson's dramaturgy : a case study / Sandra G. Shannon -- Race, ritual, reconnection, reclamation : August Wilson and the refiguration of the male dramatic subject / Keith Clark -- Members and lames : language in the plays of August Wilson / William W. Cook -- "We's the leftovers" : Whiteness as economic power and exploitation in August Wilson's twentieth-century cycle of plays / Çiğdem Üsekes -- Images of African traditional religions and Christianity in Joe Turner's come and gone and The piano lesson / Amanda M. Rudolph -- Booker T. Washington, August Wilson, and the shadows in the garden / Ladrica Menson-Furr -- "King August" : August Wilson in his time / Philip D. Beidler -- Radio golf: the courage of his convictions--survival, success and spirituality / Margaret Booker -- Gem of the ocean and the redemptive power of history / Harry J. Elam, Jr.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Presents ten critical essays on the writings of twentieth-century American playwright August Wilson, and includes a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Wilson, August-- Criticism and interpretation.
Wilson, August-- Criticism.
Wilson, August, 1945-2005
Wilson, August.
Wilson, August.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans in literature.
Historical drama, American-- History and criticism.