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Lorraine Hansberry : the life behind A raisin in the sun by Charles J Shields; Recorded Books, Inc is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The moving story of the life of the woman behind A Raisin in the Sun , the most widely anthologized, read, and performed play of the American stage, by the New York Times bestselling author of Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee 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 youngest American playwright to win a New York Critics' Circle Award. Charles J. Shields's authoritative biography of one of the twentieth century's most admired playwrights examines the parts of Lorraine Hansberry's life that have escaped public knowledge: the influence of her upper-class background, her fight for peace and nuclear disarmament, the reason why she embraced Communism during the Cold War, and her dependence on her white husband—her best friend, critic, and promoter. Many of the identity issues about class, sexuality, and race that she struggled with are relevant and urgent today. This dramatic telling of a passionate life—a very American life thro

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Author

Charles J Shields; Recorded Books, Inc

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781250205520

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities