Understanding Sam Shepard: With a New Preface

By James A. Crank

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643363735
• ISBN13: 9781643363738
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 8.6"