Setting and Central Tensions
Setting and Central Tensions
Pearl Cleage’s play is set in Harlem in 1930, during the later years of the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, and the Great Migration. Angel, a recently unemployed singer, shares Guy’s apartment while their friends pursue art, medicine, and social reform.
Step-by-step lessons on CIE IGCSE English Literature 1.2.1 Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the poetry and unseen-text skills before moving on to the longer, comparison-heavy essay questions on the set prose and drama texts.