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The theatre of August Wilson /
"The first comprehensive study of August Wilson's drama introduces the major themes and motifs that unite Wilson's ten-play cycle about African American life in each decade of the twentieth century. Framed by Wilson's life experiences and informed by his extensive interviews, thi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK :
Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2018
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| Colección: | Critical companions (London, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Becoming August Wilson
- History and/as performance: the drama of African-American historiography
- Cutting the historical record, recording the blues: Ma Rainey's black bottom
- Beginning again, again: Gem of the ocean and Jitney
- The boundaries of property and the properties of humanity: Fences and Joe Turner's Come and gone
- The properties of the piano and the legacy of human property: The piano lesson
- Urban renewal by any means necessary: Two trains running
- "Sad stories of the death of kings": Seven guitars and King Hedley II
- The century that can't fix nothing with the law: Radio golf
- Critical and performance perspectives. Guitars and King Hedley II: August Wilson's Lazarus complex / Donald E. Pease
- Performance politics and authenticity: Joe Turner's come and gone and Jitney / Harry J. Elam, Jr.