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The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson
Harry Justin Elam Jr.
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Description for The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson
Hardcover. An indispensable guide to the dramatic work of one of America's most important contemporary playwrights Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided.
Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472113682
SKU
V9780472113682
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About Harry Justin Elam Jr.
Harry J. Elam, Jr. is Olive H. Palmer Professor in Humanities and Professor of Drama at Stanford University. He is author of The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson and Taking It to the Streets: The Social Protest Theater of Luis Valdez and Amiri Baraka. Kennell Jackson is Associate Professor of History at Stanford, and author of ... Read more
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