August Wilson''s Joe Turner''s Come and Gone

This book gives an overview of the work from its inception to stagings on Broadway, exploring its use of African American vernacular genres and 19th Century Southern post-Reconstruction history.

List of contents

Introduction: Joe Turner's Come and Gone from Memphis, Tennessee to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; Chapter One: August Wilson-The African American Shakespeare; Chapter Two: Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Mr. Wilson's "Signature Play" and Favorite Play; Chapter Three: Themes and the African American Vernacular Tradition; Chapter Four: Production History and Critical Reception; Chapter 5: Conclusion, August Wilson's Ode to South

About the author

Ladrica Menson-Furr is Director of African and African American Studies and Associate Professor of African American Literature at the University of Memphis. She is the author of August Wilson's Fences (2008) and several articles on the works of August Wilson, Zora Neal Hurston, and Pearl Cleage.

Summary

This book gives an overview of the work from its inception to stagings on Broadway, exploring its use of African American vernacular genres and 19th Century Southern post-Reconstruction history.

Product details

• Authors: Ladrica Menson-Furr, Menson-Furr Ladrica
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.2020
• EAN: 9781138210097
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21009-7
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: The Fourth Wall; The Fourth Wall
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; ART / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, DRAMA / American / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Drama, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, DRAMA / American / African American & Black