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Sam Shepard: A 'Poetic Rodeo' (Palgrave Modern Dramatists Series) »
Authors: Carol Rosen
ISBN-13: 9780333380031, ISBN-10: 0333380037
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Carol Rosen
Carol Rosen is Professor of English at Stony Brook University, where she was previously Director of the Graduate Programs in Theatre Arts and Dramaturgy.
Book Synopsis
Sam Shepard is one of the leading contemporary American playwrights whose plays are widely performed and studied on both sides of the Atlantic. This book provides an overview of all of Shepard's plays, analyzing his experiments with dramatic structure, rhythms of performance and characters, and includes a major interview with Shepard.
Table of Contents
| 1 | 'Ain't the highway fine' | 12 |
| 2 | 'Just like rock and roll' | 20 |
| 3 | 'In this desert' | 30 |
| 4 | 'Where does a hero live?' | 47 |
| 5 | 'One special rhythm' | 90 |
| 6 | 'Dynamic in the blood' | 118 |
| 7 | 'Destination' : emotional territory | 153 |
| 8 | 'Ghosts and sacrifices' | 177 |
| Epilogue : in America | 204 | |
| 'Silent tongues' : an interview with Sam Shepard | 212 | |
| App. I | Chronological list of first productions of stage plays and screenplays, first publications of prose | 246 |
| App. II | Playwriting awards | 256 |
| App. III | Acting career | 258 |
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