Christopher Bigsby (University of East Anglia)

The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson

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Produktbeschreibung

This Companion considers the life and career of one of America's most powerful and original dramatists, August Wilson. It 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.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780521685061
• ISBN-10: 0521685060
• Artikelnr.: 22857368

Autorenporträt

Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. August Wilson: the ground on which he stood Christopher Bigsby
2. Been here and gone John Lahr
3. August Wilson's relationship to black theatre: community, aesthetics, history and race Mary L. Bogumil
4. Music and mythology in August Wilson's plays Kim Pereira
5. Gem of the Ocean and the redemptive power of history Harry J. Elam Jr.
6. Joe Turner's Come and Gone Samuel A. Hay
7. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: cutting the historical record, dramatizing a Blues CD Alan Nadel
8. A piano and its history: family and transcending family Felicia Hardison Londre
9. The tragedy of Seven Guitars Brenda Murphy
10. August Wilson's Fences Matthew Roudané
11. Two Trains Running: blood on the tracks Stephen Bottoms
12. Jitney, folklore and responsibility David Krasner
13. King Hedley II: in the midst of all this death Joan Herrington
14. Radio Golf: the courage of his convictions - survival, success and spirituality Margaret Booker
15. Critics on August Wilson Janice A. and David K. Sauer
An interview with August Wilson Christopher Bigsby.