The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Cover......Page 2
THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO AUGUST WILSON......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
List of contributors......Page 8
Note on the text......Page 9
List of plays......Page 10
1 August Wilson: the ground on which he stood......Page 12
2 Been here and gone......Page 39
3 August Wilson’s relationship to black theatre: community,
aesthetics, history and race......Page 63
4 Music and mythology in August Wilson’s plays......Page 76
5 Gem of the Ocean and the redemptive power of history......Page 86
6 Joe Turner’s Come and Gone......Page 99
7 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: cutting the historical record,
dramatizing a blues CD......Page 113
8 A piano and its history: family and transcending family......Page 124
9 The tragedy of Seven Guitars......Page 135
10 Safe at home?: August Wilson’s Fences......Page 146
11 Two Trains Running: blood on the tracks......Page 156
12 Jitney, folklore and responsibility......Page 169
13 King Hedley II: in the midst of all this death......Page 180
14 Radio Golf: the courage of his convictions – survival, success and
spirituality......Page 194
15 Critics on August Wilson......Page 204
16 An interview with August Wilson......Page 213
Index......Page 225