Bibliograph

The amen corner, a play, by James Baldwin

Type

Label

The amen corner, a play, by James Baldwin

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The amen corner

Responsibility statement

by James Baldwin

Sub title

a play

Summary

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. --Amazon

Target audience

adult

Classification