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Wilson, August - 1945–, American playwright and poet, b. Pittsburgh as Frederick August Kittel. Largely self-educated, Wilson first attracted wide critical attention with his Broadway debut, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984), a play set in 1927 that dramatizes the conflicts between the blues diva and a member of her band and the larger conflicts brought about by racist American society


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    The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson » Read Now

    by Sandra G. Shannon. 256 pgs.

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    In The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson, Sandra Shannon follows the playwright's path through each decade. From the outset, she considers how he uses poetry, the blues, Romare Bearden's art, and other cultural artifacts to lead him to imagined sites of pain and resignation, healing and renewal in...
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    Staging Difference: Cultural Pluralism in American Theatre and Drama (includes "Breaking Barriers: August Wilson") » Read Now

    by Marc Maufort. 398 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...Yvonne Shafer Breaking Barriers: August Wilson 267 Harry J...Transcendence: An Analysis of Fences by August Wilson and Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scott...discussion of...
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    A Search for a Postmodern Theater: Interviews with Contemporary Playwrights (includes a chapter on August Wilson) » Read Now

    by John L. Digaetani. 313 pgs.

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    Thirty-three leading American and British playwrights, from Robert Anderson to Paul Zindel, discuss their own work and contemporary drama and offer projections about theater for the 21st century. Proceeding from the premise that recent drama in various ways represents a reaction to the Theater of...
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    Realism and the American Dramatic Tradition (includes "The Limits of African-American Political Realism: Baraka's Dutchman and Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom") » Read Now

    by William W. Demastes. 292 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka and August Wilson, who are identified as paradigms...playwrights negotiate this theme. In August Wilsons Ma Raineys Black Bottom ...
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    August Wilson on Playwriting: An Interview, in African American Review » Read Now

    by Elisabeth J. Heard. 9 pgs.

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    ...August Wilson on Playwriting: An Interview by Elisabeth J. Heard How does August Wilson view his plays and the process by which...he start when writing a new play? Is...
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    Call-and-Response: Parallel "Slave Narrative" in August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson', in African American Review » Read Now

    by Devon Boan. 9 pgs.

    Collections: Literature, Entire Library
    ...parallel "slave narrative" in August Wilsons The Piano Lesson. by Devon...So much has been written on August Wilsons project to chronicle the African-American...P, 1965...
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    The Shaman's Apprentice: Ecstasy and Economy in Wilson's Joe Turner, in African American Review » Read Now

    by James R. Keller. 9 pgs.

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    ...James R. Keller In his book August Wilson and the African American Odyssey...Routledge, 1982. Pereira, Kim. August Wilson and the African American Odyssey...History, and...
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    Aspects of Africanness in August Wilson's Drama: Reading 'The Piano Lesson' through Wole Soyinka's Drama, in African American Review » Read Now

    by Amadou Bissiri. 15 pgs.

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    ...Aspects of Africanness in August Wilsons drama: reading The Piano Lesson...emphasis can be seen in the work of August Wilson, whose plays deal with the common...political...
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    A Transplant That Did Not Take: August Wilson's Views on the Great Migration, in African American Review » Read Now

    by Sandra G. Shannon. 8 pgs.

    Collections: Entire Library
    ...transplant that did not take: August Wilsons views on the great migration...occasions, I have witnessed playwright August Wilson stir his audience into an emotional...bred...
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    Blues, History and the Dramaturgy of August Wilson, in African American Review » Read Now

    by Jay Plum. 7 pgs.

    ...Blues, history and the dramaturgy of August Wilson. by Jay Plum August Wilsons dramatic project is comprised of a cycle...of Bakers vernacular theory of the blues, August...

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