Umfang:
Online-Ressource
Ausgabe:
Cambridge companions online
ISBN:
9781139001748
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0521866065
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9780521866064
Serie:
The Cambridge companions to literature and classics
Inhalt:
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 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.
Inhalt:
August 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 Londré -- The tragedy of Seven guitars / Brenda Murphy -- Safe at home?: August Wilson's Fences / Matthew Roudané -- 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
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Produktionsjahr der Online-Ausg.: 2008
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August Wilson: the ground on which he stood
,
Been here and gone
,
August Wilson's relationship to Black theatre: community, aesthetics, history and race
,
Music and mythology in August Wilson's plays
,
Gem of the ocean and the redemptive power of history
,
Joe Turner's come and gone
,
Ma Rainey's black bottom: cutting the historical record, dramatizing a blues
,
A piano and its history: family and transcending family
,
The tragedy of seven guitars safe at home?
,
August Wilson's fences
,
Two trains running: blood on the tracks
,
Jitney, folklore and responsibility
,
King Hedley II: in the midst of all this death
,
Radio golf: the courage of his convictions: survival, success, and sprituality
,
Critics on August Wilson.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781139001748
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521685061
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521866064
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521685061
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to August Wilson Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2007 ISBN 9780521685061
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780521866064
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Amerikanistik
Schlagwort(e):
Wilson, August 1945-2005
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL0521866065
Mehr zum Autor:
Bigsby, Christopher W. E. 1941-
