Wines in the Wilderness: Plays by African American Women from the Harlem Renaissance to the Present

by Georgia Douglas Johnson, Marita Bonner, Sybil Kein, et al.

Book Overview

For those whose familiarity with black women playwrights is limited to the works of Lorraine Hansberry and Ntozake Shange, this collection of 15 plays written between 1925 and 1985 by eight authors will be a revelation. They express a passionate longing for social justice and for a stable, nurturing relationship between black men and women. Introductions for each author provide biographical information and critical analyses. A useful bibliography...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275935671
• ISBN13: 9780275935672
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"