Churchill, Caryl. Cloud 9. Routledge.
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Jean Genet
Standard Name: Genet, Jean
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Travel | Maya Angelou | She had initially intended to leave Ghana not for the USA but for somewhere in Europe or Asia. Then a repeat run in Genet
's The Blacks took her to Frankfurt, Berlin, and... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Maya Angelou | Chapter one opens on MA
's ambition to become a writer: her first beginnings, her move to New York, her joining the Harlem Writers Guild
, the terrifying experience of her first reading to... |
| Textual Features | Caryl Churchill | Cloud Nine sets up a parallel between sexual oppression and colonialism, a link Churchill associates with Genet
. |
| Occupation | Maya Angelou | From nightclub dancing sprang the headier success of an offer on Broadway and a steady job as lead singer with the cast that toured Europe and North Africa with Porgy and Bess. This exciting... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Maya Angelou | In 1961 MA
embarked on another significant relationship when she fell in love with Vusumzi Make
, a Black South African freedom fighter. Innes, Lyn. “Maya Angelou Obituary”. The Guardian. |
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