August Wilson and the African-American Odyssey

August Wilson and the African-American Odyssey
Author: Kim Pereira
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1995
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780252064296

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In this critical study of four plays by Pulitzer Prize-winner August Wilson-- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and The Piano Lesson--Pereira show how Wilson uses the themes of separation, migration, and reunion to depict the physical and psychological journeys of African Americans in the 20th century.