In this critical study of four plays by Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson-- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and The Piano Lesson
Award-winning African-American playwright August Wilson created a cultural chronicle of black America through such works as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Jo
This book offers new essays and interviews addressing Wilson's work, ranging from examinations of the presence of Wilson's politics in his plays to the limitati
This essential volume provides an overview of and introduction to African American writers and literary periods from their beginnings through the 21st century.
Contributors to this collection of 15 essays are academics in English, theater, and African American studies. They focus on the second half of Wilson's century