Theatre of Sam Shepard - States of Crisis

Klappentext This comprehensive analysis traces Sam Shepard's career from his experimental one-act plays of the 1960s through the 1994 play SIMPATICO. Concentrating on his play writing! this book charts Shepard's various developments and shifts of direction! and the changing contexts in which his work has appeared. The definitive source on the works of an innovative and original writer. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive analysis traces Sam Shepard's career from his experimental one-act plays of the 1960s to the 1994 play Simpatico. Concentrating on his playwriting! this book charts Shepard's various developments and shifts of direction! and the changing contexts in which his work his appeared. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: states of crisis; 1. Working out: the early plays, 1964-7; 2. Kicking out: rock and ruin, 1967-72; 3. Sorting out: an English interlude, 1971-4; 4. Nightmares of the nation: improvizations and collaborations, 1976-9; 5. Strychnine in the gut: Curse of the Starving Class (1977) and Buried Child (1978); 6. The real thing: True West (1980) and Fool for Love (1983); 7. Fire in the snow: two movies and A Lie of the Mind, 1984-88; 8. Victory and loss: the nation in the '90s; Afterword; Chronology.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J. Bottoms, Stephen J. (University of Glasgow) Bottoms
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.1998
• EAN: 9780521587914
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58791-4
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies