03215nam 2200565 a 450 991081104910332120240516103242.01-58729-164-9(CKB)111004365705658(EBL)836721(OCoLC)44964351(SSID)ssj0000199486(PQKBManifestationID)11172674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199486(PQKBWorkID)10188027(PQKB)11526269(MdBmJHUP)muse12500(Au-PeEL)EBL836721(CaPaEBR)ebr10579409(MiAaPQ)EBC836721(EXLCZ)9911100436570565819930902d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMay all your fences have gates essays on the drama of August Wilson /edited by Alan Nadel1st ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Press19941 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87745-439-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; 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 PerformanceThe Ground on Which I Stand: August Wilson's Perspective on African American WomenAugust Wilson's Women; August Wilson's Gender Lesson; I Want a Black Director; "The Crookeds with the Straights": Fences, Race, and the Politics of Adaptation; Annotated Bibliography of Works by and about August Wilson; Notes on Contributors; Index to the PlaysThis 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 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. The collection includes essays by virtually all the scholars who have currently published on WiHistorical drama, AmericanHistory and criticismAfrican Americans in literatureHistorical drama, AmericanHistory and criticism.African Americans in literature.812/.54Nadel Alan1947-1593507MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811049103321May all your fences have gates4087203UNINA