August Wilson / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold

Series:

Bloom's modern critical views

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, August--Criticism and interpretation.

Wilson, August.

Historical drama, American--History and criticism.

Historical drama, American.

African Americans in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 192 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Chelsea House, 2009.

Summary:

Presents ten critical essays on the writings of twentieth-century American playwright August Wilson, and includes a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Contents:

Ghosts from "down there" : the Southernness of August Wilson / Patricia Gantt

Audience and Africanisms in August Wilson's dramaturgy : a case study / Sandra G. Shannon

Race, ritual, reconnection, reclamation : August Wilson and the refiguration of the male dramatic subject / Keith Clark

Members and lames : language in the plays of August Wilson / William W. Cook

"We's the leftovers" : Whiteness as economic power and exploitation in August Wilson's twentieth-century cycle of plays / Çiğdem Üsekes

Images of African traditional religions and Christianity in Joe Turner's come and gone and The piano lesson / Amanda M. Rudolph

Booker T. Washington, August Wilson, and the shadows in the garden / Ladrica Menson-Furr

"King August" : August Wilson in his time / Philip D. Beidler

Radio golf: the courage of his convictions

survival, success and spirituality / Margaret Booker

Gem of the ocean and the redemptive power of history / Harry J. Elam, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index.

ISBN:

9781604133936

1604133937

OCLC:

253843853