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Approaches to teaching the plays of August Wilson /

The award-winning playwright August Wilson used drama as a medium to write a history of twentieth-century America through the perspectives of its black citizenry. In the plays of his Pittsburgh Cycle, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Fences and The Piano Lesson, Wilson mixes African spirituality...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shannon, Sandra Garrett, 1952- (Editor), Richards, Sandra L., 1946- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Modern Language Association of America, [2016]
Series:Approaches to teaching world literature ; 140.
Subjects:
Wilson, August > Study and teaching.
Wilson, August > Criticism and interpretation.
American drama > African American authors > Study and teaching.
African American dramatists > History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
African American women in literature.

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