Lorraine Hansberry : the life behind A raisin in the sun / Charles J. Shields.

"Written when she was just twenty-eight, Lorraine Hansberry's landmark A Raisin in the Sun is listed by the National Theatre as one of the hundred most significant works of the twentieth century. Hansberry was the first Black woman to have a play performed on Broadway, and the first Black and younge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shields, Charles J., 1951- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Hansberry, Lorraine, > 1930-1965.
African American women authors > Biography.
African American dramatists > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Dramatists > Biography.
American literature > African American authors.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > 20th century.
American drama > 20th century.
American literature > 21st century.
Dramaturges noirs américains > Biographies.
Dramaturges > Biographies.
Écrivaines noires américaines > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Biographies.
Écrits de femmes américains.
Littérature américaine > 21e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle.
Théâtre américain > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
African American dramatists.
Biography.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:xiv, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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