The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson

by Christopher Bigsby

Book Overview

One of America's most powerful and original dramatists, August Wilson offered an alternative history of the twentieth century, as seen from the perspective of black Americans. He celebrated the lives of those seemingly pushed to the margins of national life, but who were simultaneously protagonists of their own drama and evidence of a vital and compelling community. Decade by decade, he told the story of a people with a distinctive history who forged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521685060
• ISBN13: 9780521685061
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"