Dedmond, Francis "Lorraine Hansberry" in American Playwrights since 1945: A Guide to Scholarship, Criticism, and Performance, edited by Philip C. Kohn, Greenwood, 1989, pp. 155-68.
This is a thorough article which provides an assessment of Hansberry's reputation through her career. In addition, it includes a useful resource list.
Hansberry, Lorraine "Willie Loman, Walter Younger, and He Who Must Live" in the Village Voice, Vol IV, no. 42, August 12,1959, pp 7-8.
Hansberry discusses positive and negative responses to her play and compares it to Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Howes, Kelly King, editor. "Lorraine Hansberry" in Characters m 20th Century Literature, Book II, Gale, 1995, pp 204-09.
This article approaches the play through an analysis of its characters It provides an extensive discussion of each of the characters and compares them to other significant.....
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