Ladrica Menson-Furr

August Wilson's Joe Turner's Come and Gone (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429641046
• Artikelnr.: 59482491

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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