The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson

Target entity: The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson
Context triple: [Harry J. Elam Jr., notableWork, The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson]

• A. August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle
  August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle is a celebrated series of ten plays chronicling African American life in Pittsburgh across each decade of the 20th century.
• B. “The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry”
  “The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry” is an essay by Adrienne Rich that critically examines playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s life, work, and political commitments from a feminist perspective.
• C. “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
  “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
• D. Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
  Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is Toni Morrison’s influential critical study examining how constructions of Blackness shape the themes, characters, and narratives of canonical American literature.
• E. Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970
  Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970 is a critical study by Charles Johnson that examines the evolution, themes, and philosophical dimensions of African American literature in the post-1970 era.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson
Target entity description: The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson is a scholarly study that examines how playwright August Wilson uses history, memory, and African American cultural experience to shape the themes and structures of his plays.

• A. August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle
  August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle is a celebrated series of ten plays chronicling African American life in Pittsburgh across each decade of the 20th century.
• B. “The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry”
  “The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry” is an essay by Adrienne Rich that critically examines playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s life, work, and political commitments from a feminist perspective.
• C. “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature”
  “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” is a seminal critical essay by Toni Morrison that examines how Black writers and racialized perspectives have been marginalized, erased, and yet structurally central within the American literary canon.
• D. Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
  Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination is Toni Morrison’s influential critical study examining how constructions of Blackness shape the themes, characters, and narratives of canonical American literature.
• E. Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970
  Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970 is a critical study by Charles Johnson that examines the evolution, themes, and philosophical dimensions of African American literature in the post-1970 era.
• F. None of above. chosen