Manhandled: African-American masculinity--and black womanhood--are examined in August Wilson's oeuvre.(new books)(August Wilson: A Literary Companion)(Black Manhood in James Baldwin, Ernest J. Gaines, and August Wilson)(The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson)(Book Review)

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AUGUST WILSON: A LITERARY COMPANION by Mary Ellen Snodgrass, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, N.C. 276 pp, $35 paper. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BLACK MANHOOD IN JAMES BALDWIN, ERNEST J. GAINES, AND AUGUST WILSON by Keith Clark, University of Illinois Press, Chicago. 176 pp, $34.95 cloth, $20 paper.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE PAST AS PRESENT IN THE DRAMA OF AUGUST WILSON by Harry J. Elam Jr., University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. 290 pp, $60 cloth. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE PROLIFIC PLAYWRIGHT August Wilson has been lionized once again in three new books, which are, for the most part, scholarly approaches to his work--approaches that seek to study, characterize and explain his intent, style, characters, even...

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