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A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry ; with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.

Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 (author.). Nemiroff, Robert, (writer of introduction.).

Summary:

When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0679755330
  • ISBN: 9780679755333 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780812416497
  • ISBN: 081241649X
  • ISBN: 9780673583369
  • ISBN: 0673583368
  • Physical Description: 151 pages ; 18 cm
  • Edition: 1st Vintage books ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1994, c1988.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in 1958."
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.5 5 SD Quiz 56457 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.
Subject: Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965.
African American families > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
Discrimination in housing > Illinois > Chicago > Drama.
United States > Race relations > Drama.
Genre: Domestic drama.

Available copies

  • 2 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Covington Branch 812.54 H249r 1988 (Text) 33126024054060 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Erlanger Branch Adult Nonfiction (Text) ACQ0714494 Adult Nonfiction On order -
Independence Branch 812.54 H249r 1988 (Text) 33126024054052 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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