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The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson
Christopher Bigsby
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Description for The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson
Paperback. This 2007 Companion presents a collection of essays on the work of the African American playwright August Wilson. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Companions to Literature
Number of Pages
242
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521685061
SKU
V9780521685061
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About Christopher Bigsby
Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.
Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson
' … excellent, and long overdue, is The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson …' The Stage '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.' ... Read more