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245 10 a| After August :b| blues, August Wilson, and American drama /c| Patrick Maley.;

264 1 a| Charlottesville :b| University of Virginia Press,c| 2019.;

300 a| xi, 235 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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520 a| "After August argues that August Wilson was foremost a bluesman working in drama, and that recognizing his blues techniques reveals American drama's fascination with the process of defining the self in collaboration with community. The book reads Wilson's Century Cycle plays alongside the cultural history of blues music, as well as the work of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Katori Hall, Lynn Nottage, and Suzan-Lori Parks, examining these dramatists' efforts to establish a sustainable identity for the self within social terrain that is often oppressive of racial, gendered, and sexual identity"--c| Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 t| Introduction: identity, performance, and the American dramatic tradition --g| Part I. Blues dramaturgy. Blues and the social human --t| "I am the blues": August Wilson as bluesman --t| August Wilson's blues --g| Part II. Performance, identity, and reimagining American drama.t| "God a'mighty, I be lonesomer'n ever!": Eugene O'Neill's aesthetic of whiteness --t| "Laws of silence don't work": Tennessee Williams and the problem of sexualized masculinity --t| August Wilson's legacy and its limits: worrying the line in Katori Hall and Tarell Alvin McCraney.;

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650 0 a| Identity (Psychology) in literature.=| ^A78963;

650 0 a| American dramay| 20th centuryx| History and criticism.=| ^A16251;

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After August : blues, August Wilson, and American drama / Patrick Maley.

Author/creator	Maley, Patrick, 1981- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Copyright Date	©2019
Description	xi, 235 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Wilson, August--Criticism and interpretation. Historical drama, American--History and criticism. African Americans in literature. Blues (Music) in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. American drama--20th century. --History and criticism.

Contents	Introduction: identity, performance, and the American dramatic tradition -- Part I. Blues dramaturgy. Blues and the social human -- "I am the blues": August Wilson as bluesman -- August Wilson's blues -- Part II. Performance, identity, and reimagining American drama. "God a'mighty, I be lonesomer'n ever!": Eugene O'Neill's aesthetic of whiteness -- "Laws of silence don't work": Tennessee Williams and the problem of sexualized masculinity -- August Wilson's legacy and its limits: worrying the line in Katori Hall and Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Abstract	"After August argues that August Wilson was foremost a bluesman working in drama, and that recognizing his blues techniques reveals American drama's fascination with the process of defining the self in collaboration with community. The book reads Wilson's Century Cycle plays alongside the cultural history of blues music, as well as the work of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, Katori Hall, Lynn Nottage, and Suzan-Lori Parks, examining these dramatists' efforts to establish a sustainable identity for the self within social terrain that is often oppressive of racial, gendered, and sexual identity"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Maley, Patrick, 1981- author. After August Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019 9780813943022
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
LCCN	2018055530
ISBN	9780813942995 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN	0813942993 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN	9780813943008 paperback alkaline paper
ISBN	0813943000 paperback alkaline paper

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