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Title:

Readings on A raisin in the sun / Lawrence Kappel, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

176 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Hansberry, Lorraine,--1930-1965.--Raisin in the sun.
Domestic drama, American--History and criticism.
African American families in literature.
African Americans in literature.

Other Authors:

Kappel, Lawrence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169) and index.

Contents:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Lorraine Hansberry : many roles in a life and career too brief -- Characters and plot -- 1. African American play -- Celebration of Black life / Steven R. Carter ; Hansberry's strategy for racial integration / Helene Keyssar ; Younger family is Black America / Julius Lester -- 2. Female aspect of the play -- Debunking the myth of the emasculating woman / Sharon Friedman ; Teachers of manly dignity and pride / Anthony Barthelemy ; Feminist perspective / Adrienne Rich -- 3. Character studies -- Walter as tragic hero / J. Charles Washington ; Beneatha's search for identity / Brenda F. Berrian ; Contrast between Lena and Ruth / Sheri Parks -- 4. Universal themes in the play -- Fatalism and idealism / David D. Cooper ; Family drama / Tom Scanlan ; Similar themes in Hansberry and O'Casey / Peter L. Hays ; Psychology of adjusting to reality / George R. Adams ; To be Black, female, and universal / Margaret B. Wilkerson -- 5. Play in various forms -- Broadway, 1959 : an honest play / Brooks Atkinson ; Comparing the 1961 film and the unfilmed screenplay / Margaret B. Wilkerson ; 1973 musical is better than the play / Clive Barnes ; 1989 video revival and the restored scenes / Robert Nemiroff.

Series:

The Greenhaven Press literary companion to American literature

ISBN:

9780737703689 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
0737703687 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
9780737703672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0737703679 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

99086356

Locations:

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)