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Copyright © 1995 by Sandra G. Shannon
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shannon, Sandra Garrett, 1952-
The dramatic vision of August Wilson/ Sandra G. Shannon.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88258-069-8 (alk. paper)
I. Wilson, August--Criticism and interpretation. 2. Afro
-Americans in literature. I. Title.
PS3573.145677Z89 1995
812′54--dc20 95-17758
CIP

Cover Illustration: Mill Hand's Lunch Bucket, by Romare Bearden, inspired August Wilson's
play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. Illustration courtesy Estate of Romare Bearden.

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