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August Wilson. The Piano Lesson. New York: Penguin Group, 1990.
Mary L. Bogumil. Understanding August Wilson. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1999.
Fishman, Joan. "Developing His Song." August Wilson, A Casebook, ed. Marilyn Elkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
Gantt, Patricia. "Ghosts From "Down There.'" August Wilson, A Casebook, ed. Marilyn Elkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
Interview with August Wilson. Richard Pettengill. Chicago, IL: 25 January 1993.
Marra, Kim. "Ma Rainey and the Boyz: Gender Ideology in August Wilson's Broadway Canon." August Wilson, A Casebook, ed. Marilyn Elkins. New York: Garland Publishing, 2000.
The Piano Lesson Questions and Answers
The Question and Answer section for The Piano Lesson is a great
resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Doaker is unable to let go of the feelings he has for Coreen, who has moved away, ending their relationship. His relationship with Berniece, however, is paternal, as is his relationship with Berniece's daughter.
In this lighter scene, Berniece blocks Boy Willie’s attempt to spend an evening with Grace. In her home, all sexual behavior is forbidden, not just her own. The critic Kim Marra reads this moment as Wilson implicating the black matriarchy as a...
The Piano Lesson study guide contains a biography of August Wilson, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
The Piano Lesson literature essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of The Piano Lesson.
