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200 00$aMay all your fences have gates $eessays on the drama of August Wilson /$fedited by Alan Nadel
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$d1994
215   $a1 online resource (284 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-87745-439-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; 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
327   $aThe 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 Plays
330   $aThis 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 Wi
606   $aHistorical drama, American$xHistory and criticism
606   $aAfrican Americans in literature
615  0$aHistorical drama, American$xHistory and criticism.
615  0$aAfrican Americans in literature.
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