LibGuides: August Wilson: Research AW

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August Wilson: A Casebook by Marilyn Elkins (Editor)
Call Number: PS3573 .I45677 Z56 2000X
Publication Date: 2000
August Wilson: A Literary Companion by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Call Number: PS3573 .I45677 Z89 2004
Publication Date: 2004
August Wilson: Pittsburgh Places in His Life and Plays by Laurence A. Glasco; Christopher Rawson
Call Number: PS3573 .I45677 Z67 2011X
Publication Date: 2011
August Wilson's Fences: A Reference Guide by Sandra G. Shannon
Call Number: PS3573.I45677 F434 2003
Publication Date: 2003
August Wilson's Twentieth-Century Cycle Plays: A Reader's Companion by Sanford Sternlicht
Publication Date: 2015
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The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson by Christopher Bigsby
Publication Date: 2007
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The First Biography

August Wilson: A Life by Patti Hartigan
Publication Date: 2023
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DVDs

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand by Produced by Sam Pollard
Call Number: DVD-3448
Publication Date: 2015
Wylie Avenue Days by Produced by Doug Bolin and Christopher Moore
Call Number: DVD 1737
Publication Date: 2007

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August Wilson Journal

An Online, Open Access Journal Promoting the Study, Teaching, and Performance of Mr. Wilson's Work

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Literature Databases

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) An indispensable reference work for English studies, with more than 960,000 records from 1892 to the present, with regular monthly updates of newly indexed material. Widely regarded as one of the most important bibliographical sources for English studies.
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America: History and Life This link opens in a new window Published since 1964, the definitive bibliographic reference covering the history, culture, area studies, and current affairs literature of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Content Includes indexing for over 1,800 journals from 1895 to the present; citations and links to books and media reviews; coverage for some titles goes back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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