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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823331603321

Autore

Crank James A

Titolo

Understanding Sam Shepard / / James A. Crank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of South Carolina Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-68405-5

1-61117-187-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Collana

Understanding contemporary American literature

Disciplina

812/.54

Soggetti

Dramatists, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Understanding Sam Shepard -- Experimentations with sound, language, and myth: the early plays, 1964-1976 -- Divining the cure: Curse of the starving class -- Hidden trespasses: Buried Child -- The authentic family: True West -- Chaos and connection: the later works, 1983- 2009.

Sommario/riassunto

Augmented with an extensive bibliography, Understanding Sam Shepard is an ideal point of entrance into complex and compelling dramas of this acclaimed playwright.