Harry J. Elam, Jr. The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2004. 290 pp. $49.50.
Harry J. Elam, Jr.'s, recent book, The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson, provides an in-depth analysis of Wilson's plays from multiple angles with the recurrent theme of reconnecting African Americans with their past. Looking at each of Wilson's cycle plays that deal with the decades from 1900 to 2001, Elam elaborates Wilson's culturally and ...