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" May all your fences have gates : "
edited by Alan Nadel
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BL
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588305
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b417524
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May all your fences have gates : : essays on the drama of August Wilson /\ edited by Alan Nadel
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x, 270 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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0877454280
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: 9780877454281
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: 0877454396
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: 9780877454397
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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THIS 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 ADDRESS ISSUES CRUCIAL TO WILSON'S CANON: THE ROLE OF HISTORY, THE REALTIONSHIP OF AFRICAN RITUAL TO AFRICAN AMERICAN DRAMA, DENDER RELATIONS IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, MUSIC AND CULTRAL IDENTITY, THE INFLUENCE OF RAMARE BEARDEN'S COLLAGES, AND THE POLICTICS OF DRAMA. WITH ESSAYS BY VIRTUALLY ALL THE SCHOLARS WHO HAVE CURRENTLY PUBLISHED ON WILSON ALOND WITH MANY ESTABLISHED AND NEWER SCHOLARS OF DRAMA AND/OR AFRICAL AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Wilson, August-- Criticism and interpretation
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Historical drama, American-- History and criticism
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African Americans in literature
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| Dewey Classification
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812/.54
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PS3573.I45677Z78 1994
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Nadel, Alan,1947-
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