The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson

Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.

• 1. August Wilson: the ground on which he stood Christopher Bigsby; 2. Been here and gone John Lahr; 3. August Wilson's relationship to black theatre: community, aesthetics, history and race Mary L. Bogumil; 4. Music and mythology in August Wilson's plays Kim Pereira; 5. Gem of the Ocean and the redemptive power of history Harry J. Elam Jr.; 6. Joe Turner's Come and Gone Samuel A. Hay; 7. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: cutting the historical record, dramatizing a Blues CD Alan Nadel; 8. A piano and its history: family and transcending family Felicia Hardison Londre; 9. The tragedy of Seven Guitars Brenda Murphy; 10. August Wilson's Fences Matthew Roudané; 11. Two Trains Running: blood on the tracks Stephen Bottoms; 12. Jitney, folklore and responsibility David Krasner; 13. King Hedley II: in the midst of all this death Joan Herrington; 14. Radio Golf: the courage of his convictions - survival, success and spirituality Margaret Booker; 15. Critics on August Wilson Janice A. and David K. Sauer; An interview with August Wilson Christopher Bigsby.

' … excellent, and long overdue, is The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson …' The Stage