The Cambridge companion to Sam Shepard / edited by Matthew Roudané.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roudané, Matthew Charles, 1953- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Shepard, Sam.

Dramatists, American--20th century--Biography--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Dramatists, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 329 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few American playwrights have exerted as much influence on the contemporary stage as Sam Shepard. His plays are performed on and off Broadway and in all the major regional American theatres. They are also widely performed and studied in Europe, particularly in Britain, Germany and France, finding both a popular and scholarly audience. In this collection of seventeen original essays, American and European authors from different professional and academic backgrounds explore the various aspects of Shepard's career - his plays, poetry, music, fiction, acting, directing and film work. The volume covers the major plays, including Curse of the Starving Class, Buried Child, and True West, as well as other lesser known but vitally important works. A thorough chronology of Shepard's life and career, together with biographical chapters, a note from the legendary Joseph Chaikin, and an interview with the playwright, give a fascinating first-hand account of an exuberant and experimental personality.

Contents:

Born injured / Christopher Bigsby

Shepard and off-off-broadway: the unseen hand of theatre genesis / Stephen J. Bottoms

Shepart on Shepard: an interview

A note on Sam Shepard / Joseph Chaikin

Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard in collaboration / Marc Robinson

Repetition and regression in Curse of the Starving Class and Buried Child / Thomas P. Adler

Shepard writes about writing / Brenda Murphy

Reflections of the past in True West and A Lie of the Mind / Leslie Kane

Patriarchal pathology from The Holy Ghostly to Silent Tongue Carla J. McDonough

The classic western and Sam Shepard's family sagas / John M. Clum

European textures: adapting Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus / Johan Callens

Sam Shepard and the cinema / Kimball King

Sam Shepard as musical experimenter / David J. DeRose.

Sam Shepard's nondramatic works / Ann C. Hall

State of shock, Simpatico, and Eyes for Consuela: Sam Shepard's plays of the 1990s / Leslie A. Wade

Sam Shepard's The Late Henry Moss / Matthew Roudane

Sam Shepard: a bibliographic essay and production overview / Susan C.W. Abbotson.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-319) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-81626-8

0-511-99883-X

1-280-16018-7

0-511-11837-6

1-139-14629-7

0-511-06670-8

0-511-06039-4

0-511-30860-4

0-511-06883-2

OCLC:

57146429