The Theatre of August Wilson - (Critical Companions) by Alan Nadel (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A comprehensive introduction to the work of the preeminent Afro-American playwright of his generation, focusing on Wilson's ten-play cycle and their context.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The 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.<br/><br/> 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. <br/><br/>The final two chapters include contributions by scholars Harry J. Elam, Jr. and Donald E. Pease<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<i>The Theatre of August Wilson</i> is an illuminating examination of Wilson's ten-play African American history cycle as US history. For the benefit of those who need it, Nadel (Univ. of Kentucky) provides a refresher on <i>Plessy v. Ferguson</i> and the theological disputes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X alongside explanations of how Wilson's plays reflect and interrogate these and other historical milestones ... Summing Up: Recommended." - <i>CHOICE</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Alan Nadel</b> 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 <i>Invisible Criticism: Ralph Ellison and the American Canon</i> (1988) and <i>Television in Black-and-White America: Race and National Identity</i> (2006), he is the editor/contributor for two volumes of essays on the drama of<i> August Wilson: May All Your Fences Have Gates: Essays on the Drama of August Wilson</i> (1994) and<i> August Wilson: Completing the Twentieth-Century Cycle</i> (2010). His poetry has appeared in numerous journals, including <i>Georgia Review</i>, <i> Partisan Review</i>, <i>Paris Review</i>, and <i>Shenandoah</i>
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