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August Wilson's Pittsburgh cycle : critical perspectives on the plays /
"Providing a detailed portrait of American playwright August Wilson (1945-2005), this collection of new essays explores the development of the author's ethos across his twenty-year creative career."--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "The emancipated century": Remapping History, Reclaiming MEmory in August Wilson's Dramatic Landscapes of the 20th Century / Joyce Hope Scott
- "A Big Bend There, A Tree by the Shore": Situated Identity in The Janitor / Jacqueline Zeff
- Two Trains Running: Bridging Diana Taylor's "Rift" and Narrating Manning Marable's "Living History" / Sarah Saddler and Paul Bryant-Jackson
- World War II History/history: Essential Contexts in Seven Guitars / Ellen Bonds
- The Use of Stereotype and Archetype in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom / Michael Downing
- Gem of the Ocean's Fugitive Movements / Isaiah Matthew Wooden
- Reclaiming the Mother: Women, Documents and the Condition of the Mother in Gem of the Ocean and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom / Jesslyn Collins-Frohlich
- A Century Lacking Progress: The Fractured Community in Gem of the Ocean and King Hedley II / Christopher B. Bell
- "He Gonna Give Me My Ham": The Use of Food as a Symbol for Social Justice / Psyche Williams-Forson
- Resurrecting "Phantom Limb[s] of the Dismembered Slave and God": Unveiling the Africanisms in Gem of the Ocean / Artisia Green
- Epiphany and the "Drama of Souls" / Owen Seda
- Conjuring Africa in August Wilson's Plays / Connie Rapoo
- Re-Evaluating the Legacy of the Ten-Play Cycle / Susan C.W. Abbotson