May All Your Fences Have Gates
"Alan Nadel's collection of essays about the work of August Wilson is the definitive critical source on this great playwright's life and works. Covering the full range of Wilson's oeuvre, the collection's superb essays and comprehensive introduction make this book indispensable for teachers and students of both modern drama and African American studies."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
This stimulating collection of essays, the first comprehensive critical examination of the work of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, deals individually with his five major plays and also addresses issues crucial to Wilson's canon: the role of history, the relationship of African ritual to African American drama, gender relations in the African American community, music and cultural identity, the influence of Romare Bearden's collages, and the politics of drama. The collection includes essays by virtually all the scholars who have currently published on Wilson along with many established and newer scholars of drama and/or African American literature.