Understanding Sam Shepard: With a New Preface
Author | : James A. Crank |
Publisher | : Understanding Contemporary Ame |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-02-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 1643363735 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781643363738 |
Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: An ideal introduction into the complex and compelling dramas of the acclaimed playwright Now available in a paperback edition and featuring a new preface, Understanding Sam Shepard investigates the notoriously complex dramatic world of Sam Shepard, one of America's most prolific, thoughtful, and challenging contemporary playwrights. During his nearly fifty-year career as a writer, actor, director, and producer, Shepard (1943-2017) consistently focused his work on the ever-changing American cultural landscape. James A. Crank's thorough study offers scholars and students of the dramatist a means of understanding Shephard's frequent experimentation with language, setting, character, and theme. The new preface examines Shepard's legacy and his final work of fiction, Spy of the First Person.