The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson
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- Author: Christopher Bigsby, University of East Anglia
- Date Published: January 2008
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521685061
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One 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 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.
Read more- Includes an in-depth interview with August Wilson, providing the reader with a fascinating insight into the life and experiences of the playwright
- Discusses the cycle of ten plays chronologically, allowing the reader to follow the unfolding story of the twentieth century as seen by Wilson
- Situates Wilson's work within dramatic, social and political contexts
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' … excellent, and long overdue, is The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson …' The Stage
See more reviews'The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson allows readers not only the benefit of an up-close-and-personal education about one of America's greatest playwrights, but the collection affords much needed aesthetic distance to enable them to appreciate the scope and the ultimate value of his oeuvre.' Review of English Studies
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- Date Published: January 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521685061
- length: 242 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 155 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.39kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- African American Drama
- African American Literature
- American Theatre, 1890-Present
- Contemporary American Theatre
- Modern Drama ll
- The Theatre of August Wilson
- Toni Morrison and August Wilson
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