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245 00 a| August Wilson in context /c| edited by Khalid Y. Long, Isaiah Matthew Wooden ;;

264 1 a| Cambridge, United Kingdom ;a| New York, NY :b| Cambridge University Press,c| 2025.;

300 a| xxii, 390 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Foreword / by Ron Himes -- Introduction / Khalid Y. Long and Isaiah Matthew Wooden -- Part I: Influences and inspirations. Pittsburgh's Hill District : the people, the places, the history / Laurence Glasco -- Walking the streets of the city : August Wilson's place in American theatre / Heather S. Nathans -- August Wilson and the Chitlin Circuit / Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon -- Jorge Luis Borges and August Wilson / Paul Devlin -- Seeing and being, the part and the whole : the influence of Romare Bearden on August Wilson / Jon Dietrick -- Of "manners and rituals" : Baldwin, Bullins, and the portrayals of Black life / Ernest L. Gibson III -- August Wilson as predecessor / Patrick Maley -- Part II: Politics and debates. August Wilson's women / Leticia L. Ridley -- Black masculinity and homosocial bonding in August Wilson's dramas / J. Ken Stuckey -- What is this "Africa" in August Wilson's plays and scholarship? / Sandra L. Richards -- "In my mother's house" : August Wilson's portrait of the Black family / Sandra G. Shannon -- Transformative movements : August Wilson and the Great Migration / Ladrica Menson-Furr -- August Wilson wrestles with the Black middle class / Lisa B. Thompson -- After the reckoning : revisiting August Wilson's "The ground on which i stand" in the wake of Black Lives Matter / Aviva Helena Neff -- The enduring charge of August Wilson's "I want a Black director" / Isaiah Matthew Wooden Part III: Productions and collaborations. August Wilson at penumbra / Macelle Mahala -- August Wilson, Chicago, and the Goodman Theatre / Megan E. Geigner -- From 1984 to 2024 : August Wilson on Broadway / Christopher Bell -- Directing August Wilson on the British stage : Paulette Randall's productions of The piano lesson and Fences / Lynette Goddard -- African American cinematic language and the American century cycle / Monica White Ndounou -- Creating dangerous music : the August Wilson archive at the University of Pittsburgh Library System / Leah Mickens and William Daw -- Directing Wilson : a roundtable conversation with Denise Chapman, TammyRa' Jackson, Ron OJ Parson, Mark Clayton Southers, Timothy Douglas, Seret Scott, and Bartlett Sher / DeRon S. Williams -- Cultural magpies : a conversation with Jack Magaw and Regina García / Khalid Y. Long -- Designing August : a conversation with Constanza Romero and David Gallo / Willa J. Taylor -- Part IV: Critical and comparative contexts. Aunt Ester and performing memory / Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green -- Redefining American theatre : August Wilson and David Henry Hwang / Khalid Y. Long -- Uneasy lie the heads that wear the crowns : constructing a spiritual center in The Emperor Jones and King Hedley II / Donald P. Gagnon -- The influence of images : Hank Aaron and the Little Rock Nine as sources of dramatic tension in Fences / Ellen Bonds -- August Wilson's generative gem for re-embodiment, materiality, and migratory transformation / Iyanna Hamby -- August Wilson and dramaturgy : discovering oral traditions in the American century cycle / Melonnie Walker.;

520 a| "August Wilson is one of the twentieth century's most important and acclaimed playwrights. This volume demonstrates Wilson's significance to contemporary theatre, culture, and politics by providing fresh and compelling insights into his life, practices, and contributions as an artist and public intellectual. Across four thematically organized sections, contributors situate Wilson's work in his social, cultural and political contexts, examine ongoing developments in Wilson studies, explore the production contexts of his plays, and explicate his dramaturgical sensibilities and strategies. This is the authoritative guide to Wilson's career and artistic legacy for students, theatre practitioners, and general readers interested in this remarkable figure"--c| Provided by Amazon.;

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August Wilson in context / edited by Khalid Y. Long, Isaiah Matthew Wooden ;.

Other author	Long, Khalid Y., editor.
Other author	Wooden, Isaiah Matthew, editor.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xxii, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Wilson, August--Criticism and interpretation. American drama--African American authors. --History and criticism.

Contents	Foreword / by Ron Himes -- Introduction / Khalid Y. Long and Isaiah Matthew Wooden -- Part I: Influences and inspirations. Pittsburgh's Hill District : the people, the places, the history / Laurence Glasco -- Walking the streets of the city : August Wilson's place in American theatre / Heather S. Nathans -- August Wilson and the Chitlin Circuit / Rashida Z. Shaw McMahon -- Jorge Luis Borges and August Wilson / Paul Devlin -- Seeing and being, the part and the whole : the influence of Romare Bearden on August Wilson / Jon Dietrick -- Of "manners and rituals" : Baldwin, Bullins, and the portrayals of Black life / Ernest L. Gibson III -- August Wilson as predecessor / Patrick Maley -- Part II: Politics and debates. August Wilson's women / Leticia L. Ridley -- Black masculinity and homosocial bonding in August Wilson's dramas / J. Ken Stuckey -- What is this "Africa" in August Wilson's plays and scholarship? / Sandra L. Richards -- "In my mother's house" : August Wilson's portrait of the Black family / Sandra G. Shannon -- Transformative movements : August Wilson and the Great Migration / Ladrica Menson-Furr -- August Wilson wrestles with the Black middle class / Lisa B. Thompson -- After the reckoning : revisiting August Wilson's "The ground on which i stand" in the wake of Black Lives Matter / Aviva Helena Neff -- The enduring charge of August Wilson's "I want a Black director" / Isaiah Matthew Wooden Part III: Productions and collaborations. August Wilson at penumbra / Macelle Mahala -- August Wilson, Chicago, and the Goodman Theatre / Megan E. Geigner -- From 1984 to 2024 : August Wilson on Broadway / Christopher Bell -- Directing August Wilson on the British stage : Paulette Randall's productions of The piano lesson and Fences / Lynette Goddard -- African American cinematic language and the American century cycle / Monica White Ndounou -- Creating dangerous music : the August Wilson archive at the University of Pittsburgh Library System / Leah Mickens and William Daw -- Directing Wilson : a roundtable conversation with Denise Chapman, TammyRa' Jackson, Ron OJ Parson, Mark Clayton Southers, Timothy Douglas, Seret Scott, and Bartlett Sher / DeRon S. Williams -- Cultural magpies : a conversation with Jack Magaw and Regina García / Khalid Y. Long -- Designing August : a conversation with Constanza Romero and David Gallo / Willa J. Taylor -- Part IV: Critical and comparative contexts. Aunt Ester and performing memory / Omiyẹmi (Artisia) Green -- Redefining American theatre : August Wilson and David Henry Hwang / Khalid Y. Long -- Uneasy lie the heads that wear the crowns : constructing a spiritual center in The Emperor Jones and King Hedley II / Donald P. Gagnon -- The influence of images : Hank Aaron and the Little Rock Nine as sources of dramatic tension in Fences / Ellen Bonds -- August Wilson's generative gem for re-embodiment, materiality, and migratory transformation / Iyanna Hamby -- August Wilson and dramaturgy : discovering oral traditions in the American century cycle / Melonnie Walker.
Abstract	"August Wilson is one of the twentieth century's most important and acclaimed playwrights. This volume demonstrates Wilson's significance to contemporary theatre, culture, and politics by providing fresh and compelling insights into his life, practices, and contributions as an artist and public intellectual. Across four thematically organized sections, contributors situate Wilson's work in his social, cultural and political contexts, examine ongoing developments in Wilson studies, explore the production contexts of his plays, and explicate his dramaturgical sensibilities and strategies. This is the authoritative guide to Wilson's career and artistic legacy for students, theatre practitioners, and general readers interested in this remarkable figure"-- Provided by Amazon.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9781009363198
LCCN	2024051005
ISBN	9781009363211
ISBN	1009363212 hardcover
ISBN	9781009363242 paperback
ISBN	1009363247 paperback
ISBN	electronic book
ISBN	electronic book

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