LILLIAN HELLMAN AND AUGUST WILSON by Margaret Booker, Dr Yoshinobu Hakutani (Editor) ( 9780820461854 )

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Title:

LILLIAN HELLMAN AND AUGUST WILSON
DRAMATIZING A NEW AMERICAN IDENTITY

Volume:

v. 37

By:

Margaret Booker, Dr Yoshinobu Hakutani (Editor)

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0820461857

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9780820461854

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Publisher:

PETER LANG PUBLISHING INC

Pub. date:

16 September, 2003

Series:

Modern American Literature 37

Pages:

157

Synopsis:

This book critically discusses the works of two seemingly different and unconnected playwrights, Lillian Hellman and August Wilson. By analyzing the black presence in Hellman and its counterpart white presence in Wilson, it exposes interracial boundaries and illuminates the architecture of the new American citizen through the examination of stereotypes, the revelation of sources of ongoing racial tension, and suggested solutions. Their dramas rewrite history to reflect their political activism and espouse a shared value system that demands responsible action, equitable reward, and recognition of women and African Americans as equally valuable citizens of American society.

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2 ill.

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Peter Lang Publishing Inc

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