May All Your Fences Have Gates

Essyas on the Drama of August Wilson

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This stimulating collection of essays, the first comprehensive critical examination of the work of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, deals individually with his five major plays and also addresses issues crucial for the role of history, the relationship of African ritual to African American drama, gender relations in the African American community, music and cultural identity, the influence of Romare Bearden's collages, and the politics of drama. With essays by virtually all the scholars who have currently published on Wilson along with many established and newer scholars of drama and/or African American literature.

• ISBN: 9780877454397
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.1993
• Größe: 233 x 156 mm
• Verlag: University of Iowa Press
• Herausgegeben von: Alan Nadel