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BL
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588306
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b417525
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| Title & Author
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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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| Publication Statement
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Iowa City, IA :: University of Iowa Press,, c1994
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1 online resource (x, 270 p.) :: ill
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| ISBN
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1587291649 (electronic bk.)
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: 9781587291647 (electronic bk.)
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0877454280 (acid-free paper)
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0877454396 (paper : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Preface; Introduction; The History Lesson: Authenticity and Anachronism in August Wilson's Plays; August Wilson's Burden: The Function of Neoclassical Jazz; Speaking of Ma Rainey / Talking about the Blues; Filling the Time: Reading History in the Drama of August Wilson; Boundaries, Logistics, and Identity: The Property of Metaphor in Fences and Joe Turner? Come and Gone; Ghosts on the Piano: August Wilson and the Representation of Black American History; American History as "Loud Talking" in Two Trains Running; Romare Bearden, August Wilson, and the Traditions of African Performance
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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 addresses issues crucial to Wilson's canon: the role of history, the relationship of African ritual to African American drama, gender relations in the African American community, music and cultural identity, the influence of Romare Bearden's collages, and the politics of drama. The collection includes essays by virtually all the scholars who have currently published on Wilson a
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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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Electronic books.
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| Dewey Classification
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812/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3573.I45677Z78 1994eb
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| Added Entry
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Nadel, Alan,1947-
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Ohio Library and Information Network
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