African American dramatists : an A to Z guide / edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Emmanuel S. (Emmanuel Sampath), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American dramatists--Biography--Dictionaries.

African American dramatists.

African Americans in literature--Bibliography.

African Americans in literature.

African Americans--Intellectual life--Dictionaries.

African Americans.

American drama--African American authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

American drama.

American drama--African American authors--Dictionaries.

Dramatists, American--Biography--Dictionaries.

Dramatists, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite their significant contributions to the American theater, African American dramatists have received less critical attention than novelists and poets. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of the lives and works of African American playwrights from the 19th century to the present. The book alphabetically arranges entries on more than 60 dramatists, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the playwr

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Ira Aldridge (1807-1867); James Baldwin (1924-1987); Amiri Baraka(1934- ); Marita Bonner (1898-1971); Arna Bontemps (1902-1973); William Blackwell Branch (1927- ); William Wells Brown (1814-1884); Elizabeth Brown-Guillory (1954- ); Ed Bullins(1935- ); Ben Caldwell (1937- ); Vinnette Carroll (1922-2002); Pearl Cleage (1948- ); Kathleen Conwell Collins (1942-1988); J(oan) California Cooper (?- ); Kia Corthron(1962- ); Ossie Davis (1917- ); Thomas Covington Dent (1932-1998); Owen Dodson (1914-1983); Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935); Lonne Elder III (1931-1996)

Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934)J.e. Franklin (1937- ); Charles Gordone (1925-1995); Shirley Graham (1896-1977); Micki Grant (1941- ); Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958); William Harrison Gunn (1934-1989); Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965); Leslie Pinckney Hill (1880-1960); Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (1859-1930); Langston Hughes (1902-1967); Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960); Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880?-1966); Samuel L. Kelley (1948- ); Adrienne Kennedy (1931- ); May Miller (1899-1995); Ron Milner (1938-2004); Loften Mitchell (1919-2001); Barbara Molette (1940- ); Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987)

Robert O'Hara (1970- )OyamO (1943- ); Suzan-Lori Parks (1964- ); Louis Stamford Peterson (1922-1998); Aishah Rahman (1937- ); Willis Richardson (1889-1977); Sonia Sanchez (1934- ); Victor Sejour (1817-1874); Ntozake Shange(1948- ); Ted Shine (1931- ); Anna Deavere Smith (1950- ); Eulalie Spence (1894-1981); Wallace Thurman (1902-1934); Eugene (Jean) Pinchback Toomer (1894-1967); Joseph A. Walker (1935- ); Douglas Turner Ward (1930- ); Samm-Art Williams (1946- ); August Wilson (1945- ); Charlayne Woodard (1955- ); Richard Wright (1908-1960); Marvin X (1944- ); Selected Bibliography; Index

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-516) and index.

ISBN:

9798400607608

9786610926602

9781280926600

1280926600

9780313052897

0313052891

OCLC:

65430467

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400607608