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Raisin In The Sun (Paperback)
Deirdre Osborne; Lorraine Hansberry; Volume editing by Deirdre Osborne
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R232
Discovery Miles 2 320
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Ships with 15 working days
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A Raisin in the Sun is a classic American play: a groundbreaking
1950s civil rights drama and has a strong claim to be the greatest
play of the black American experience. Deeply committed to the
black struggle for equality and human rights, Lorraine Hansberry's
brilliant career as a writer was cut short by her death when she
was only 34. A Raisin in the Sun was the first play written by a
black woman to be produced on Broadway and won the New York Drama
Critics Circle Award. Hansberry was the youngest and the first
black writer to receive this award. She was also the first person
to be called 'young, gifted and black'. The play is set in south
side Chicago, where Walter Lee, a black chauffeur, dreams of a
better life, and hopes to use his father's life insurance money to
open a liquor store. Humane and heart-rending, the play depicts
characters and a whole society with complexity and reality. This
Student Edition features expert and helpful annotation, including a
scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic,
social and political context, and on the themes, characters,
language and structure of the play, as well as a list of suggested
reading and questions for further study and a review of performance
history.
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The Awakening (Paperback)
Kate Chopin; Introduction by Deirdre Osborne
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R182
Discovery Miles 1 820
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Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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Written in the late Victorian era, The Awakening features a young
woman who flings aside the norms of society and rejects her role as
wife and mother. She abandons her family for a hedonistic and
contrarian lifestyle before eventually committing suicide. The
novel deals with the issues of interracial marriage and contains
passages of overt sexuality, both of which contributed to the
widespread outcry upon its original publication in 1899. Today it
is seen as a portent of the future and admired for its direct and
naturalistic style. Flame Tree 451 presents a new series, The
Foundations of Feminist Fiction. The early 1900s saw a quiet
revolution in literature previously dominated by male adventure
heroes. Both men and women moved beyond the norms of the male gaze
to write from a different gender perspective, sometimes with female
protagonists, but also expressing the universal freedom to write on
any subject whatsoever. Each book features a brand new biography
and a glossary of literary terms.
This indispensable overview of modern black British drama spans
seven decades of distinctive playwriting from the 1950s to the
present. Interweaving social and cultural context with close
critical analysis of key dramatists' plays, leading scholars
explore how these dramatists have created an enduring,
transformative and diverse cultural presence.
This Companion offers a comprehensive account of the influence of
contemporary British Black and Asian writing in British culture.
While there are a number of anthologies covering Black and Asian
literature, there is no volume that comparatively addresses
fiction, poetry, plays and performance, and provides critical
accounts of the qualities and impact within one book. It charts the
distinctive Black and Asian voices within the body of British
writing and examines the creative and cultural impact that African,
Caribbean and South Asian writers have had on British literature.
It analyzes literary works from a broad range of genres, while also
covering performance writing and non-fiction. It offers pertinent
historical context throughout, and new critical perspectives on
such key themes as multiculturalism and evolving cultural
identities in contemporary British literature. This Companion
explores race, politics, gender, sexuality, identity, amongst other
key literary themes in Black and Asian British literature. It will
serve as a key resource for scholars, graduates, teachers and
students alike.
'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've
ever read. Perfectly curated and filled with brilliant literature'
Nikesh Shukla 'The ultimate introduction to post-colonial
literature for those who want to understand the classics and the
pioneers in this exciting area of books' Symeon Brown These are the
books you should read. This is the canon. Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre
Osborne and Kadija Sesay have curated a decolonized reading list
that celebrates the wide and diverse experiences of people from
around the world, of all backgrounds and all races. It disrupts the
all-too-often white-dominated 'required reading' collections that
have become the accepted norm and highlights powerful voices and
cultural perspectives that demand a place on our shelves. From
literary giants such as Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe to less
well known (but equally vital) writers such as Caribbean novelist
Earl Lovelace or Indigenous Australian author Tony Birch, the
novels recommended here are in turn haunting and lyrical;
innovative and inspiring; edgy and poignant. The power of great
fiction is that readers have the opportunity to discover new worlds
and encounter other beliefs and opinions. This is the Canon offers
a rich and multifaceted perspective on our past, present and future
which deserves to be read by all bibliophiles - whether they are
book club members or solitary readers, self-educators or teachers.
This Companion offers a comprehensive account of the influence of
contemporary British Black and Asian writing in British culture.
While there are a number of anthologies covering Black and Asian
literature, there is no volume that comparatively addresses
fiction, poetry, plays and performance, and provides critical
accounts of the qualities and impact within one book. It charts the
distinctive Black and Asian voices within the body of British
writing and examines the creative and cultural impact that African,
Caribbean and South Asian writers have had on British literature.
It analyzes literary works from a broad range of genres, while also
covering performance writing and non-fiction. It offers pertinent
historical context throughout, and new critical perspectives on
such key themes as multiculturalism and evolving cultural
identities in contemporary British literature. This Companion
explores race, politics, gender, sexuality, identity, amongst other
key literary themes in Black and Asian British literature. It will
serve as a key resource for scholars, graduates, teachers and
students alike.
Includes the plays A Bitter Herb, Absolution, Identity, The Far
Side, Mary Seacole, and Urban Afro-Saxons This second and sister
volume to Hidden Gems showcases a further range of plays by Black
British writers whose work reaches beyond themes too-often
perceived by mainstream theatre commissioning as defining Black
people's experiences. The plays, monodrama and libretto represent
subject-matter from woman-centred history, revolutionary politics,
trans-racial adoption and African-diasporic familial heritage, as
contoured by the writers' boundary crossing profiles as poets,
playwrights, performers and directors. The accompanying critical
introductions are provided by people committed to recognising the
aesthetic and political significance of the work, and its necessary
inclusion in British theatre and literary history.
This is a collection of six extraordinary plays, all of which
experiment with form, subject matter, and genre in order to comment
on the modern black experience in terms of culture, politics, and
performance. It includes: "B is for Black," "Moj of the Antarctic,"
"The Sons of Charlie Paora," "Brown Girl in the Ring," "Something
Dark," and "35 Cents."
'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've
ever read. Perfectly curated and filled with brilliant literature'
Nikesh Shukla 'The ultimate introduction to post-colonial
literature for those who want to understand the classics and the
pioneers in this exciting area of books' Symeon Brown These are the
books you should read. This is the canon. Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre
Osborne and Kadija Sesay have curated a decolonized reading list
that celebrates the wide and diverse experiences of people from
around the world, of all backgrounds and all races. It disrupts the
all-too-often white-dominated 'required reading' collections that
have become the accepted norm and highlights powerful voices and
cultural perspectives that demand a place on our shelves. From
literary giants such as Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe to less
well known (but equally vital) writers such as Caribbean novelist
Earl Lovelace or Indigenous Australian author Tony Birch, the
novels recommended here are in turn haunting and lyrical;
innovative and inspiring; edgy and poignant. The power of great
fiction is that readers have the opportunity to discover new worlds
and encounter other beliefs and opinions. This is the Canon offers
a rich and multifaceted perspective on our past, present and future
which deserves to be read by all bibliophiles - whether they are
book club members or solitary readers, self-educators or teachers.
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