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May all your fences have gates : essays on the drama of August Wilson /
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 to Wilson's canon: the role of history, the relationship of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City, IA :
University of Iowa Press,
©1994.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Introduction; The History Lesson: Authenticity and Anachronism in August Wilson's Plays; August Wilson's Burden: The Function of Neoclassical Jazz; Speaking of Ma Rainey / Talking about the Blues; Filling the Time: Reading History in the Drama of August Wilson; Boundaries, Logistics, and Identity: The Property of Metaphor in Fences and Joe Turner? Come and Gone; Ghosts on the Piano: August Wilson and the Representation of Black American History; American History as "Loud Talking" in Two Trains Running; Romare Bearden, August Wilson, and the Traditions of African Performance.