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Informationen zum Autor Sandra G. Shannon is a professor of African American Literature in the English department at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Two seminal books along with numerous chapters, and articles on Wilson have established her as a leading scholar in Wilson Studies. She was a key consultant for and contributor to the highly acclaimed PBS American Masters documentary, August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (February 2015). She lives in Bowie, Maryland. Klappentext Providing a detailed study of American playwright August Wilson (1945-2005), this collection of new essays explores the development of the author's ethos across his twenty-five-year creative career--a process that transformed his life as he retraced the lives of his fellow "Africans in America." While Wilson's narratives of Pittsburgh and Chicago are microcosms of black life in America, they also reflect the psychological trauma of his disconnection with his biological father, his impassioned efforts to discover and reconnect with the blues, with Africa and with poet/activist Amiri Baraka, and his love for the vernacular of Pittsburgh. Zusammenfassung Providing a detailed portrait of American playwright August Wilson (1945-2005), this collection of new essays explores the development of the author's ethos across his twenty-year creative career - a process that transformed his life as he retraced the lives of his fellow “Africans in America”. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction"The emancipated century": Remapping History, Reclaiming Memory in August Wilson's Dramatic Landscapes of the 20th Century-Joyce Hope Scott"A big bend there, a tree by the shore": Situated Identity in The Janitor-Jacqueline ZeffTwo Trains Running: Bridging Diana Taylor's "rift" and Narrating Manning Marable's "living history"-Sarah Saddler and Paul Bryant-JacksonWorld War II History/history: Essential Contexts in Seven Guitars-Ellen BondsThe Use of Stereotype and Archetype in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom-Michael DowningGem of the Ocean's Fugitive Movements-Isaiah Matthew WoodenReclaiming the Mother: Women, Documents and the Condition of the Mother in Gem of the Ocean and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom-Jesslyn Collins-FrohlichA Century Lacking Progress: The Fractured Community in Gem of the Ocean and King Hedley II-Christopher B. Bell"He gonna give me my ham": The Use of Food as a Symbol for Social Justice-Psyche Williams-ForsonResurrecting "phantom limb[s] of the dismembered slave and god": Unveiling the Africanisms in Gem of the Ocean-Artisia GreenEpiphany and the "drama of souls"-Owen SedaConjuring Africa in August Wilson's Plays-Connie RapooRe-Evaluating the Legacy of the Ten-Play Cycle-Susan C.W. AbbotsonAbout the ContributorsIndex...
