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BL
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972386
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b726756
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| Main Entry
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Bigsby, C. W. E.
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| Title & Author
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The Cambridge companion to August Wilson /\ edited by Christopher Bigsby.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge companions to literature
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| Page. NO
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ix, 227 pages ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0521685060
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: 0521866065
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: 9780521685061
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: 9780521866064
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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 spirituality / Margaret Booker -- Critics on August Wilson / David K. Sauer and Janice A. Sauer -- An interview with August Wilson / Christopher Bigsby.
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| Abstract
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This is a collection of essays on the work of the African American playwright August Wilson. An in-depth interview is included, and the cycle of ten plays are discussed chronologically allowing the reader to follow the unfolding story of the 20th century as seen by Wilson.
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Wilson, August-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wilson, August, 1945-2005
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Wilson, August-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Wilson, August.
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Wilson, August.
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| Subject
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African Americans in literature.
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Historical drama, American-- History and criticism.
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African Americans in literature.
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African Americans in literature.
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Historical drama, American-- History and criticism.
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Historical drama, American.
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| Dewey Classification
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812/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3573.I45677Z6 2007
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| NLM classification
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HU 9515rvk
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