The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson

By:

Christopher Bigsby

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Series:

Cambridge Companions to Literature

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One of America's most powerful and original dramatists, August Wilson offered an alternative history of the twentieth century, as seen from the perspective of black Americans. He celebrated the lives of those seemingly pushed to the margins of national life, but who were simultaneously protagonists of their own drama and evidence of a vital and compelling community. Decade by decade, he told the story of a people with a distinctive history who forged their own future, aware of their roots in another time and place, but doing something more than just survive. Wilson deliberately addressed black America, but in doing so discovered an international audience. Alongside chapters addressing Wilson's life and career, and the wider context of his plays, this Companion dedicates individual chapters to each play in his ten-play cycle, which are ordered chronologically, demonstrating Wilson's notion of an unfolding history of the twentieth century.

Author Biography:

Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.

Release date Australia

November 29th, 2007

Author

Christopher Bigsby

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

242

Series

Cambridge Companions to Literature

Dimensions

155x227x14

ISBN-13

9780521685061

Product ID

1973607

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