SOURCE: "Drama," in Amiri Baraka, Twayne Publishers, 1980, pp. 135-65.
In the following excerpt, Brown demonstrates Baraka's poignant use of dramatic form and his careful integration of plot, character, and setting. Brown also comments on Baraka 's manipulation of such traditional forms as the morality play to criticize conventional social structures, values, and beliefs.
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