Patrick Maley is Associate Professor of English at Centenary University.
After August makes an important contribution to Wilson studies. It
is arigorously researched, well‐written, and deft interdisciplinary
investigation of one ofAmerica's most important Black dramatists
and his legacy.-- "August Wilson Journal"
The influence of the blues on playwright August Wilson (1945-2005)
has been frequently acknowledged, initially by Wilson himself. But
Maley (Centenary Univ.) does more than gloss Wilson's work with the
blues; in his first chapter, he discusses a performative,
community-centered, playful, and humanizing "blues aesthetic" that
goes beyond mere music.-- "CHOICE"
This book is startlingly innovative. Patrick Maley is the only
American drama scholar I know of with such a deep understanding of
blues history and the blues aesthetic.--Patricia R. Schroeder,
Ursinus College, author of Robert Johnson, Mythmaking, and
Contemporary American Culture
Which nonblack contemporary playwrights converse meaningfully with
Wilson's blues dramaturgy? After August's original and revelatory
approach that centers Wilson as a key interlocutorfor all of
American drama opens up enticing new pathways for scholars of the
American stage to explore.-- "Theatre Topics"
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