May all your fences have gates : essays on the drama of August Wilson / edited by Alan Nadel.

Other author Nadel, Alan, 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoIowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1994.
Descriptionx, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The history lesson : authenticity and anachronism in August Wilson's plays / by Anne Flèche -- August Wilson's burden : the function of neoclassical jazz / by Craig Werner -- Speaking of Ma Rainey / talking about the blues / by Sandra Adell -- Filling the time : reading history in the drama of August Wilson / by John Timpane -- Boundaries, logistics, and identity : the property of metaphor in Fences and Joe Turner's come and gone / by Alan Nadel --Ghosts on the piano : August Wilson and the representation of Black American history / by Michael Morales -- American history as "loud talking" in Two trains running / by Mark William Rocha --Romare Bearden, August Wilson, and the traditions of African performance / by Joan Fishman -- The ground on which I stand : August Wilson's perspective on African American Women / By Sandra G. Shannon -- August Wilson's women / by Harry J. Elam, Jr. --August Wilson's gender lesson / by Missy Dehn Kubitschek -- I want a Black director / by August Wilson -- "The crookeds with the straights" : Fences, race, and the politics of adaptation / by Michael Awkward.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 93034628
ISBN0877454280 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0877454396 (paper : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS3573.I45677 Z78 1994 ✔ Available Place Hold