LEADER 04696nam 22006974a 450 001 9910777413403321 005 20230617040746.0 010 $a1-280-92660-0 010 $a9786610926602 010 $a0-313-05289-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000451828 035 $a(EBL)492163 035 $a(OCoLC)65430467 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099732 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11113500 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099732 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10019747 035 $a(PQKB)11735999 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC492163 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL492163 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354334 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL92660 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000451828 100 $a20040524d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAfrican American dramatists$b[electronic resource] $ean A to Z guide /$fedited by Emmanuel S. Nelson 210 $aWestport, Conn. $cGreenwood Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (542 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-32233-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 515-516) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Ira Aldridge (1807-1867); James Baldwin (1924-1987); Amiri Baraka(1934- ); Marita Bonner (1898-1971); Arna Bontemps (1902-1973); William Blackwell Branch (1927- ); William Wells Brown (1814-1884); Elizabeth Brown-Guillory (1954- ); Ed Bullins(1935- ); Ben Caldwell (1937- ); Vinnette Carroll (1922-2002); Pearl Cleage (1948- ); Kathleen Conwell Collins (1942-1988); J(oan) California Cooper (?- ); Kia Corthron(1962- ); Ossie Davis (1917- ); Thomas Covington Dent (1932-1998); Owen Dodson (1914-1983); Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935); Lonne Elder III (1931-1996) 327 $aRudolph Fisher (1897-1934)J.e. Franklin (1937- ); Charles Gordone (1925-1995); Shirley Graham (1896-1977); Micki Grant (1941- ); Angelina Weld Grimke? (1880-1958); William Harrison Gunn (1934-1989); Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965); Leslie Pinckney Hill (1880-1960); Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930); Langston Hughes (1902-1967); Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960); Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880?-1966); Samuel L. Kelley (1948- ); Adrienne Kennedy (1931- ); May Miller (1899-1995); Ron Milner (1938-2004); Loften Mitchell (1919-2001); Barbara Molette (1940- ); Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) 327 $aRobert O'Hara (1970- )OyamO (1943- ); Suzan-Lori Parks (1964- ); Louis Stamford Peterson (1922-1998); Aishah Rahman (1937- ); Willis Richardson (1889-1977); Sonia Sanchez (1934- ); Victor Sejour (1817-1874); Ntozake Shange(1948- ); Ted Shine (1931- ); Anna Deavere Smith (1950- ); Eulalie Spence (1894-1981); Wallace Thurman (1902-1934); Eugene (Jean) Pinchback Toomer (1894-1967); Joseph A. Walker (1935- ); Douglas Turner Ward (1930- ); Samm-Art Williams (1946- ); August Wilson (1945- ); Charlayne Woodard (1955- ); Richard Wright (1908-1960); Marvin X (1944- ); Selected Bibliography; Index 327 $aAbout the Contributors 330 $aDespite their significant contributions to the American theater, African American dramatists have received less critical attention than novelists and poets. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of the lives and works of African American playwrights from the 19th century to the present. The book alphabetically arranges entries on more than 60 dramatists, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the playwr 606 $aAmerican drama$xAfrican American authors$vDictionaries 606 $aAmerican drama$xAfrican American authors$vBio-bibliography$vDictionaries 606 $aAfrican American dramatists$vBiography$vDictionaries 606 $aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life$vDictionaries 606 $aDramatists, American$vBiography$vDictionaries 606 $aAfrican Americans in literature$vBibliography 615 0$aAmerican drama$xAfrican American authors 615 0$aAmerican drama$xAfrican American authors 615 0$aAfrican American dramatists 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xIntellectual life 615 0$aDramatists, American 615 0$aAfrican Americans in literature 676 $a812.009/896073/003 701 $aNelson$b Emmanuel S$g(Emmanuel Sampath),$f1954-$0175948 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777413403321 996 $aAfrican American dramatists$93675152 997 $aUNINA