The Resource August Wilson : a literary companion, Mary Ellen Snodgrass
August Wilson : a literary companion, Mary Ellen Snodgrass
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The item August Wilson : a literary companion, Mary Ellen Snodgrass represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- "Award-winning African-American playwright August Wilson has created a cultural chronicle of black America through such works as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Two Trains Running. He forces readers and audiences to examine the despair generated by poverty and racism by exploring African-American heritage and experiences over the course of the twentieth century." "This literary companion provides the reader with a source of basic data and analysis of characters, dates, events, allusions, staging strategies, and themes from the work on one of America's finest playwrights. The text opens with an annotated chronology of Wilson's life and works, followed by his family tree. Each of the 166 encyclopedic entries that make up the body of the work combines insights from a variety of sources and includes suggestions for further reading. Appendices provide a timeline of events in Wilson's life and those of his characters, and a list of forty topics for projects, composition, and oral analysis."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- ix, 266 pages
- Contents
-
- Chronology of Wilson's life and works
- Wilson's genealogy
- August Wilson : a literary companion
- Appendix A: Time line of Hill District residents and events
- Appendix B: Writing and research topics
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780786419036
- Label
- August Wilson : a literary companion
- Title
- August Wilson
- Title remainder
- a literary companion
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Ellen Snodgrass
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Award-winning African-American playwright August Wilson has created a cultural chronicle of black America through such works as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Two Trains Running. He forces readers and audiences to examine the despair generated by poverty and racism by exploring African-American heritage and experiences over the course of the twentieth century." "This literary companion provides the reader with a source of basic data and analysis of characters, dates, events, allusions, staging strategies, and themes from the work on one of America's finest playwrights. The text opens with an annotated chronology of Wilson's life and works, followed by his family tree. Each of the 166 encyclopedic entries that make up the body of the work combines insights from a variety of sources and includes suggestions for further reading. Appendices provide a timeline of events in Wilson's life and those of his characters, and a list of forty topics for projects, composition, and oral analysis."--BOOK JACKET
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Snodgrass, Mary Ellen
- Dewey number
- 812/.54
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3573.I45677
- LC item number
- Z89 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- bibliography
- handbooks
- Series statement
- McFarland literary companion series
- Series volume
- 1
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- African Americans in literature
- Historical drama, American
- Wilson, August
- Label
- August Wilson : a literary companion, Mary Ellen Snodgrass
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chronology of Wilson's life and works -- Wilson's genealogy -- August Wilson : a literary companion -- Appendix A: Time line of Hill District residents and events -- Appendix B: Writing and research topics -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 56024204
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- ix, 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780786419036
- Isbn Type
- (softcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004009594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780786419036
- Label
- August Wilson : a literary companion, Mary Ellen Snodgrass
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Chronology of Wilson's life and works -- Wilson's genealogy -- August Wilson : a literary companion -- Appendix A: Time line of Hill District residents and events -- Appendix B: Writing and research topics -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 56024204
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- ix, 266 pages
- Isbn
- 9780786419036
- Isbn Type
- (softcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004009594
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780786419036
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