English: Fences

See this volume for several thematic essays: The American Dream in the Twentieth Century, The American Dream Today, The African American Dream.

This volume covers journalists, science fiction writers, children's and young adult fiction writers, essayists and literary and cultural critics. Each profile provides information about the writer as well as detailing the impact that he or she has had in shaping a literary tradition.

The chapter on August Wilson begins on page 329.

In 1987, August Wilson was awarded the Pulitzer prize for his play Fences. Examine this play along with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and Two Trains Running.

This anthology was first Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This title studies writer and playwright August Wilson. It discusses Wilson's place in Western drama and explores the influence of sports and jazz on his work.

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 shows how Wilson uses the themes of separation, migration, and reunion to depict the physical and psychological journeys of African Americans in the 20th century.

The chapter on August Wilson begins on page 1962. Each individual essay is a source.

Delivering original and startling insights, this book will appeal to scholars and students of African American literature, gender studies, and narratology.

Provides an overview to August Wilson and his works in a signed article. Also provides an essay on African American Drama.

Fences is in volume 3.

This anthology 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 for 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. With 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.

Includes an essay by August Wilson on his writing.

A comprehensive view of the plays of August Wilson. It looks at their thematic structure, places them within the context of American drama, and examines the distinctively African American experiences they dramatize. There are chapters on Fences and The Piano Lesson.

This reference is a comprehensive guide to Wilson's dramatic achievement. The volume begins with an overview of Wilson's aesthetic and dramatic agenda, along with a discussion of the forces that propelled him beyond his potentially troubled life in Pittsburgh to his current status as one of America's most gifted playwrights. A detailed plot summary of Fences is provided, followed by an overview of the play's distinguished production history. The play's historical and cultural background and themes are explored, as is Wilson's dramatic art. The reference closes with a look at the critical and scholarly reception of Fences and a bibliographical essay.