Seven Guitars
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Author | : August Wilson |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 129 |
Release | : 1997-08-01 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1101173696 |
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play It is the spring of 1948. In the still cool evenings of Pittsburgh's Hill district, familiar sounds fill the air. A rooster crows. Screen doors slam. The laughter of friends gathered for a backyard card game rises just above the wail of a mother who has lost her son. And there's the sound of the blues, played and sung by young men and women with little more than a guitar in their hands and a dream in their hearts. August Wilson's Seven Guitars is the sixth chapter in his continuing theatrical saga that explores the hope, heartbreak, and heritage of the African-American experience in the twentieth century. The story follows a small group of friends who gather following the untimely death of Floyd "Schoolboy" Barton, a local blues guitarist on the edge of stardom. Together, they reminisce about his short life and discover the unspoken passions and undying spirit that live within each of them.
Author | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publisher | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1410392775 |
A Study Guide for August Wilson's "Seven Guitars", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama for Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama for Students for all of your research needs.
Author | : Mick Goodrick |
Publisher | : Hal Leonard Corporation |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 0881885894 |
Author | : August Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : |
The story of an ex-con in post-Reagan Pittsburgh, 1985, trying to rebuild his life. Part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatisation of the African American experience in the twentieth century. 'By focusing on the eternal journey of the misplaced African, whose story was the truest account of the American struggle toward freedom and independence, he opened up not only what American theater could be about, but also who could do the telling' Marion McClinton, from her Foreword
Author | : August Wilson |
Publisher | : Concord Theatricals |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780573627958 |
"Regular cabs will not travel to the Pittsburgh Hill District of the 1970s, and so the residents turn to each other. Jitney dramatizes the lives of men hustling to make a living as jitneys--unofficial, unlicensed taxi cab drivers. When the boss Becker's son returns from prison, violence threatens to erupt. What makes this play remarkable is not the plot; Jitney is Wilson at his most real--the words these men use and the stories they tell form a true slice of life."--The Wikipedia entry, accessed 5/22/2014.
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Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1996-04-08 |
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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Author | : Marilyn Elkins |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2013-10-23 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1135704341 |
The only African American playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize twice, Wilson has yet to receive the critical attention that he merits. With 12 original essays, this volume provides a thorough introduction to his body of work.
Author | : Martin Taylor |
Publisher | : Fundamental Changes Limited |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2018-10-11 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781911267829 |
Beyond Chord Melody with Martin Taylor MBE condenses over 40 years of playing expertise and insight into this beautiful jazz guitar book. Learn from the internationally acclaimed master of jazz chord melody guitar as he guides you through his 7-step method to creating your own guitar arrangements. Includes free audio and bonus video lessons
Author | : Mary Ellen Snodgrass |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2015-03-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1476605327 |
Award-winning African-American playwright August Wilson created a cultural chronicle of black America through such works as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Two Trains Running. The authentic ring of wit, anecdote, homily, and plaint proved that a self-educated Pittsburgh ghetto native can grow into a revered conduit for a century of black achievement. He forced readers and audiences to examine the despair generated by poverty and racism by exploring African-American heritage and experiences over the course of the twentieth century. This literary companion provides the reader with a source of basic data and analysis of characters, dates, events, allusions, staging strategies and themes from the work of one of America's finest playwrights. The text opens with an annotated chronology of Wilson's life and works, followed by his family tree. Each of the 166 encyclopedic entries that make up the body of the work combines insights from a variety of sources along with generous citations; each concludes with a selected bibliography on such relevant subjects as the blues, Malcolm X, irony, roosters, and Gothic mode. Charts elucidate the genealogies of Wilson's characters, the Charles, Hedley, and Maxson families, and account for weaknesses in Wilson's female characters. Two appendices complete the generously cross-referenced work: a timeline of events in Wilson's life and those of his characters, and a list of 40 topics for projects, composition, and oral analysis.
Author | : Harold Bloom |
Publisher | : Infobase Publishing |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : African Americans in literature |
ISBN | : 1604133937 |
Presents a brief biography of August Wilson along with extracts of major critical essays, plot summaries, and an index of themes and ideas.