{"product_id":"the-theatre-of-august-wilson-paperback","title":"The Theatre of August Wilson - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan Nadel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin J. Wetmore  Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatrick Lonergan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive study of August Wilson's drama introduces the major themes and motifs that unite Wilson's ten-play cycle about African American life in each decade of the twentieth century. Framed by Wilson's life experiences and informed by his extensive interviews, this book provides fresh, coherent, detailed readings of each play, well-situated in the extant scholarship. It also provides an overview of the cycle as a whole, demonstrating how it comprises a compelling interrogation of American culture and historiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Keenly aware of the musical paradigms informing Wilson's dramatic technique, Nadel shows how jazz and, particularly, the blues provide the structural mechanisms that allow Wilson to examine alternative notions of time, property, and law. Wilson's improvisational logics become crucial to expressing his notions of black identity and resituating the relationship of literal to figurative in the African American community. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe final two chapters include contributions by scholars Harry J. Elam, Jr. and Donald E. Pease\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Nadel\u003c\/b\u003e is William T. Bryan Chair of America Literature and Culture at the University of Kentucky. In addition to several books on postwar American literature and media, including \u003ci\u003eInvisible Criticism: Ralph Ellison and the American Canon\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) and \u003ci\u003eTelevision in Black-and-White America: Race and National Identity\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), he is the editor\/contributor for two volumes of essays on the drama of\u003ci\u003e August Wilson: May All Your Fences Have Gates: Essays on the Drama of August Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and\u003ci\u003e August Wilson: Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). His poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Partisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717480747071,"sku":"9781472534439","price":64.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/58fcb22c778a9fd8eed4d9d346fd4fff.webp?v=1765078621","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-theatre-of-august-wilson-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}