A Raisin in the Sun

Name: A Raisin in the Sun
Author: Lorraine Hansberry
ISBN: 9780307807441

by Lorraine Hansberry

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"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people's lives been seen on the stage," observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago conne...

First published 1958132 pages

812.54

Category: Literary Criticism
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 1
Editions known: 80

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 812.54
Library of Congress (LCC): PN1997.R2259 1994PS3515.A515 R32 1966PS3515.A515 R3 2000PS3515.A515 R3 2009

Subjects

20th century812/.54A raisin in the sun (Play)African American StudiesAfrican American familiesAfrican American families in literatureAfrican AmericansAfrican american families--dramaAfrican americans--history--20th century--dramaAfrican americans--history--dramaAfro-American familiesAfro-Americans

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ISBN 9780307807441English

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First published1958

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