TY - BOOK AU - Crank,James A. TI - Understanding Sam Shepard T2 - Understanding Contemporary American Literature Series SN - 9781611171877 AV - PS3569.H394 Z668 2012 U1 - 812/.54 PY - 2012/// CY - Columbia PB - University of South Carolina Press KW - Shepard, Sam,-1943-2017-Criticism and interpretation KW - Dramatists, American KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- UNDERSTANDING SAM SHEPARD -- UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN LITERATURE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Understanding Sam Shepard -- Chapter 2: Experimentations with Sound, Language, and Myth: The Early Plays, 1964-1976 -- Chapter 3: Divining the Cure: Curse of the Starving Class -- Chapter 4: Hidden Trespasses: Buried Child -- Chapter 5: The Authentic Family: True West -- Chapter 6: Chaos and Connection: The Later Works, 1983-2009 -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index N2 - Augmented with an extensive bibliography, Understanding Sam Shepard is an ideal point of entrance into complex and compelling dramas of this acclaimed playwright UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2054737 ER -