In the next essay, “‘Which of the Closets?’: the Deflected Gay Subtext of A Raisin in the Sun,” Bell-Metereau discusses the unique experience of Hansberry being black and a lesbian, and the interwoven subtext of gender identity and sexuality within A Raisin in the Sun, allowing another lens of examination to the text. The following two articles are written by Sid Sondergard and Rebecca Bell-Metereau respectively. The first, “‘Completely disinherited’: Revisions and Extensions of Raisin in Hansberry’s Unfilmed Shooting Script,” goes to dissect Hansberry’s decisions about what to change or add to the play for the movie adaptation, and the implications of each. Evans, “ A Raisin in the Sun: Surveying Early Reviews of the 1959 Play,” This essay explores early reviews of A Raisin in the Sun and how, despite the immediate popular and critical attention, maybe reviews were often brief and few in number. Bailey titled, “Historical Background: Lived Experience ” followed by a piece by Robert C. This section opens with an essay by Peter J. And by comparing and contrasting it with another important work.Evans.Ī collection of six critical contexts essays are intended to treat the novel This is followed by a Biography of William Shakespeare written by volume editor Robert C. It begins with an introductory “About This Volume” essay, followed by another work titled “Leverage, Risk, and Fragility in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice,” by Edwin Wong. This volume, like all others in the Critical Insights series, is divided into several sections.
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