ABSTRACT

The only African American playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize twice, Wilson has yet to receive the critical attention that he merits. With 12 original essays, this volume provides a thorough introduction to his body of work.

chapter |13 pages

Wilson and Fugard

Politics and Art
ByJoanne Gordon

chapter |18 pages

The Bb Burden

The Invisibility of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
ByEileen Crawford

chapter |20 pages

Ghosts from “Down There”

The Southernness of August Wilson
ByPatricia Gantt

chapter |16 pages

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

From the Local to the Mythical in August Wilson
ByPamela jean Monaco

chapter |17 pages

Approaches to Africa

The Poetics of Memory and the Body in Two August Wilson Plays
ByGunilla Theander Kester

chapter |38 pages

Ma Rainey and the Boyz

Gender Ideology in August Wilson's Broadway Canon
ByKim Marra

chapter |21 pages

Developing His Song

August Wilson's Fences
ByJoan Fishman

chapter |16 pages

Subtle Imposition

The Lloyd Richards–August Wilson Formula
BySandra G. Shannon

chapter |8 pages

Alternatives … Opposites … Convergences

An Interview with Lloyd Richards
ByRichard Pettengill

chapter |20 pages

The Historical Perspective

An Interview with August Wilson
ByRichard Pettengill

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