Hansberry's Drama
Subtitle: COMMITMENT AMID COMPLEXITY
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: November 1, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780252017490
Subjects: Black studies; Drama texts: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: general; Plays & playwrights: from c 1900 -; 20th Century American Drama; African American Literature; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Plays; USA; American; Hansberry, Lorraine; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; 1930-1965; 20th century; African Americans in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Hansberry, Lorraine,; History; History and criticism; Political plays, American; Politics and literature; United States
First sentence: Totally immersed in the political and social movements of her day, Lorraine Hansberry nevertheless, like Berthold Brecht and Sean O'Casey, viewed them with such largeness of vision and in such human terms that she created works of high artistry and enduring value.