A Body Across the Map: The Father-Son Plays of Sam Shepard - Couverture souple

Taav, Michael

 
9780820444338: A Body Across the Map: The Father-Son Plays of Sam Shepard
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0820444332 ISBN 13 : 9780820444338
Editeur : Peter Lang Publishing Inc, 2000

Synopsis

As an actor, screenwriter, director, short story writer, and, most significantly, a playwright, Sam Shepard has long been an important figure on the American cultural landscape. A Body Across the Map focuses on the character conflict central to Shepard's most significant plays; that between fathers and sons. Beginning with The Rock Garden and concluding with A Lie of the Mind, this analysis shows how Shepard's worldview has evolved over a 20-year span. A long-standing pessimist who saw Oedipal revenge as a necessity, and genetic determination as inescapable, Shepard ultimately disavows these dark worldviews in favor of one where gentleness, spiritual generosity, cooperation, and the acceptance of long-denied truths prevail over rage, self-interest, and biological predestination.

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À propos de l?auteur

The Author: Michael Taav is a playwright, screenwriter, and director whose films have won prizes at the Berlin, Melbourne, Chicago, and Houston International Film Festivals. He has a Ph.D in Theatre and Dramatic Literature from the City University of New York Graduate Center and currently teaches at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.

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Éditeur
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0820444332
ISBN 13 
9780820444338
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
121
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Personne responsable
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