LEADER 03736nam 22005172 450 001 996201142703316 005 20151109030845.0 010 $a1-139-81768-X 010 $a1-139-00174-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000820076 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000371569 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264052 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000371569 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413157 035 $a(PQKB)11751955 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139001748 035 $a(UK-CbPIL)2050493 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000820076 100 $a20110114d2007|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe Cambridge companion to August Wilson /$fedited by Christopher Bigsby$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 227 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge companions to literature 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015). 311 $a0-521-68506-0 311 $a0-521-86606-5 327 $aAugust Wilson: the ground on which he stood / Christopher Bigsby -- Been here and gone / John Lahr -- August Wilson's relationship to Black theatre: community, aesthetics, history and race / Mary L. Bogumil -- Music and mythology in August Wilson's plays / Kim Pereira -- Gem of the ocean and the redemptive power of history / Harry J. Elam, Jr. -- Joe Turner's come and gone / Samuel A. Hay -- Ma Rainey's black bottom: cutting the historical record, dramatizing a blues CD / Alan Nadel -- A piano and its history: family and transcending family / Felicia Hardison Londre? -- The tragedy of Seven guitars / Brenda Murphy -- Safe at home?: August Wilson's Fences / Matthew Roudane? -- Two trains running: blood on the tracks / Stephen Bottoms -- Jitney, folklore and responsibility / David Krasner -- King Hedley II: in the midst of all this death / Joan Herrington -- Radio golf: the courage of his convictions: survival, success and sprituality / Margaret Booker -- Critics on August Wilson / David K. Sauer and Janice A. Sauer -- An interview with August Wilson / Christopher Bigsby. 330 $aOne of America's most powerful and original dramatists, August Wilson offered an alternative history of the twentieth century, as seen from the perspective of black Americans. He celebrated the lives of those seemingly pushed to the margins of national life, but who were simultaneously protagonists of their own drama and evidence of a vital and compelling community. Decade by decade, he told the story of a people with a distinctive history who forged their own future, aware of their roots in another time and place, but doing something more than just survive. Wilson deliberately addressed black America, but in doing so discovered an international audience. Alongside chapters addressing Wilson's life and career, and the wider context of his plays, this 2007 Companion dedicates individual chapters to each play in his ten-play cycle, which are ordered chronologically, demonstrating Wilson's notion of an unfolding history of the twentieth century. 410 0$aCambridge companions to literature. 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. 676 $a812/.54 702 $aBigsby$b C. W. E. 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996201142703316 996 $aThe Cambridge companion to August Wilson$92493639 997 $aUNISA