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Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided.

The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson

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      Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
      Publication Date: 1/6/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780472113682, 978-0472113682
      ISBN10: 0472113682
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

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      Book Synopsis
      Examines Pulitzer-prizewinning playwright August Wilson's published plays within the context of contemporary African American literature and in relation to concepts of memory and history, culture and resistance, race and representation. This book finds that each of Wilson's plays recaptures narratives lost, ignored, or avoided.

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