{"product_id":"9781472534439","title":"The Theatre of August Wilson","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Theatre of August Wilson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alan Nadel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Theatre of August Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePlessy v. Ferguson\u003c\/i\u003e 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.” - \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472534439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40708861952206,"sku":"9781472534439","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_38af2ba9-2865-4137-8e67-e37a00ad7841.jpg?v=1640665162","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472534439","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}