The Amen Corner A Play
The Amen Corner A Play by James Baldwin is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on February 17, 1998. This 112-page work explores themes of faith and family, focusing on the complex relationships between black men and women, as well as the dynamics between fathers and sons. Baldwin’s first theatrical piece captures the fervor of storefront churches, reflecting both their inspirational power and the personal costs associated with unwavering devotion.
Readers will find a poignant narrative centered on Sister Margaret Alexander, a charismatic leader of her Harlem congregation, whose life is disrupted by the return of her estranged husband, a jazz musician facing death. This play delves into the struggles of maintaining faith amidst personal turmoil and the challenges of guiding a son along a righteous path. The work is situated within the realms of American drama and offers insights into African American experiences in the 20th century, making it a significant contribution to modern literary criticism.
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From one of the most brilliant writers of the twentieth century—a masterpiece of the modern American theater: a play about faith and family, about the gulf between black men and black women and black fathers and black sons.
“[Baldwin] uses words as the sea uses waves.” —Langston Hughes
In his first work for the theater, James Baldwin brought all the fervor and majestic rhetoric of the storefront churches of his childhood along with an unwavering awareness of the price those churches exacted from their worshipers.
For years Sister Margaret Alexander has moved her Harlem congregation with a mixture of personal charisma and ferocious piety. But when Margaret’s estranged husband, a scapegrace jazz musician, comes home to die, she is in danger of losing both her standing in the church and the son she has tried to keep on the godly path.
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