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The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson: From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement

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Description for The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson: From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement Paperback. Collects twelve of Georgia Douglas Johnson's one-act plays. This work provides a brief overview of Johnson's career and significance as a playwright; sections on the creative environment in which she worked; and a discussion of her genres, themes, and artistic techniques. Editor(s): Stephens, Judith L. Num Pages: 216 pages, 17 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1K; AN; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 251 x 15. Weight in Grams: 362.

Recovering the stage work of one of America's finest black female writers

This volume collects twelve of Georgia Douglas Johnson's one-act plays, including two never-before-published scripts found in the Library of Congress.  As an integral part of Washington, D.C.'s, thriving turn-of-the-century literary scene, Johnson hosted regular meetings with Harlem Renaissance writers and other artists, including Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, May Miller, and Jean Toomer, and was herself considered among the finest writers of the time.  Johnson also worked for U.S. government agencies and actively supported women's and minorities' rights.

As a leading authority on Johnson, Judith L. Stephens provides ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252073335
SKU
V9780252073335
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About Georgia Douglas Johnson
Judith Stephens is a professor of humanities and theater at the Pennsylvania State University, Schuylkill Campus. She is the coeditor of Strange Fruit: Plays on Lynching by American Women.       

Reviews for The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson: From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement
"This thorough study and collection of Georgia Douglas Johnson's plays is handled with generosity, scholarship, and insight. It is exciting to see this important work come to fruition, and there is no one better equipped to have edited it than Judith Stephens."
David Krasner, associate professor of theater, African American studies, and English, Yale University "Judith Stephens is the leading authority ... Read more

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