num_pages: 64
description: The text of the 1921 drama about the ambitions, rise to power, and moral disintegration of a black man on a West Indian island is followed by questions encouraging a comparative analysis of the stage play and its cinematic treatment
language: English
title: Emperor Jones
titlecomplete: Emperor Jones
genres: Literature, 20th Century, Theatre, American, Drama, Fiction, Classics, School, Plays, Nobel Prize
ratings_count: 2191
publisher: Prentice Hall