Understanding Sam Shepard: With a New Preface (Understanding Contemporary American Literature) - Softcover

Crank, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1643363735 ISBN 13: 9781643363738

Publisher: University of South Carolina Press, 2023

Synopsis

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 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.

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About the Author

James A. Crank is associate professor of American literature at the University of Alabama, a former National Humanities Center Summer Fellow, and co-host of the podcast "The Sound and the Furious." His other books include Understanding Randall Kenan, New Approaches to Gone with the Wind, and Race and New Modernisms.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1643363735
• ISBN 13: 9781643363738
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152