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CONTENTS Preface by Alan Nadel, ix Introduction by Alan Nadel, I The History Lesson: Authenticity and Anachronism in August Wilson's Plays, 9 by Anne Fleche August Wilson's Burden: The Function of Neoclassical Jazz, 21 by Craig Werner Speaking of Ma Rainey / Talking about the Blues, 51 by Sandra Adell Filling the Time: Reading History in the Drama ofAugust Wilson, 67 byJohn Timpane Boundaries, Logistics, and Identity: The Property of Metaphor in Ferrces and Joe Turner's Come and Gone, 86 by Alan Nadel Ghosts on the Piano: August Wilson and the Representation of Black American History, 105 by Michael Morales American History as "Loud Talking" in Two Trains Running, 116 by Mark William Rocha Romare Bearden, August Wilson, and the Traditions of African Performance, 133 byJoan Fishman Vlll CON TEN T S The Ground on Which I Stand: August Wilson's Perspective on African American Women, 150 by Sandra G. Shannon August Wilson's Women, 165 by Harry.! Elam, Jr. August Wilson's Gender Lesson, 183 by Missy Dehn Kubitschek I Want a Black Director, 200 by August Wilson "The Crookeds with the Straights": Fences, Race, and the Politics ofAdaptation, 205 by Michael Awkward Annotated Bibliography ofWorks by and about August Wilson, 230 by Sandra G. Shannon Notes on Contributors, 267 Index to the Plays, 269 ...