Lorraine Hansberry
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| Original Title: | A Raisin in the Sun |
| ISBN: | 0375508333 (ISBN13: 9780375508332) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | United States of America |
| Literary Awards: | New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play (1959), Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance (2012) |
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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. Indeed Lorraine Hansberry's award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of black America--and changed American theater forever. The play's title comes from a line in Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem," which warns that a dream deferred might "dry up/like a raisin in the sun." "The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun," said The New York Times. "It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic." This Modern Library edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.Describe Containing Books A Raisin in the Sun
| Title | : | A Raisin in the Sun |
| Author | : | Lorraine Hansberry |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 162 pages |
| Published | : | May 7th 2002 by Random House (first published 1959) |
| Categories | : | Plays. Classics. Fiction. Drama. Academic. School |
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Ratings: 3.78 From 63517 Users | 2946 ReviewsAppraise Containing Books A Raisin in the Sun
Wow! That packed a punch on so many levels! I'm still contemplating this family and their struggles, heartache, and strength. Highly recommend.A Raisin in the Sun details the story of a working-class family struggling to make ends meet. The Youngers are then faced with a difficult decision that brings their colored heritage and the lives of their ancestors to the forefront.Although this book and Death of a Salesman have some similar themes, what makes A Raisin in the Sun much better is its dynamic dialogue and the conflicting desires of its characters. While not perfectly three-dimensional, each family member in the story had an idea
I dont often read plays and find them difficult to read, the live experience is obviously much better. However this is a remarkable play and is well worth the effort. Hansberry was a talented writer who died far too young. Nina Simone wrote the song To be Young, Gifted and Black about her. This play debuted on Broadway in 1959 with Sidney Poitier playing Walter; a role he reprised in the film. The play is about the Younger family: mother Lena, brother and sister, Walter and Beneatha, Walters
A Raisin in the Sun (1959) is hands down one of my favorite plays. Usually, only Oscar (my smol son) can lure me in with his dramas but Lorraine might have snatched that crown from his hands. Where Oscar is witty and hilarious, Lorraine is ruthless and raw. She doesn't shy away from showing the harsh reality black people, especially black women, faced in the United States.What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then
There are more than a few established classics that I had never heard of until I did my teaching degree here in Canada. Since everyone else had come through the Canadian school system, they were very knowing about "The Lottery", Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird and A Raisin in the Sun. These established American classics got blank looks from me. Well, not so much Mockingbird; I'd heard of that one a couple of years before, and the name was familiar to me from before moving here. But I'd
loved it. I really want to go see this play at the Harlem theatre.
In 1959, 29 year old Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun, which went on to become "one of a handful of great American plays." Five years later she would succumb to cancer but not before Raisin penetrated the upper echelon of American plays. What is remarkable about Hansberry's rise to stardom is that she was virtually unknown and African American at a time when African Americans were just starting to make gains in society. And yet Raisin made to Broadway and television, cementing its
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