Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
22.03.2018
Verlag
Methuen DramaSeitenzahl
232
Maße (L/B/H)
14.7/22.5/2.2 cm
Gewicht
422 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-4725-3048-6
The first comprehensive study of August Wilson's drama introduces the major themes and motifs that unite Wilson's ten-play cycle about African American life in each decade of the twentieth century. Framed by Wilson's life experiences and informed by his extensive interviews, this book provides fresh, coherent, detailed readings of each play, well-situated in the extant scholarship. It also provides an overview of he cycle as a whole, demonstrating how it comprises a compelling interrogation of American culture and historiography. Keenly aware of the musical paradigms informing Wilson's dramatic technique, Nadel shows how jazz and, particularly, the blues provide the structural mechanisms that allow Wilson to examine alternative notions of time, property, and law. Wilson's improvisational logics become crucial to expressing his notions of black identity and resituating the relationship of literal to figurative in the African American community. The study is augmented by a small collection of essays by two other major scholars: Harry Elam and Donald Pease.
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