Download e-book for iPad: The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard (Cambridge Companions by Matthew Roudané

Few American playwrights have exerted as a lot impact at the modern level as Sam Shepard. His performs are played off and on Broadway and in all of the significant local American theatres. also they are largely played and studied in Europe, relatively in Britain, Germany and France, discovering either a well-liked and scholarly viewers. during this number of seventeen unique essays, American and eu authors from various specialist and educational backgrounds discover a number of the facets of Shepard's occupation - his performs, poetry, song, fiction, appearing, directing and movie paintings. the quantity covers the foremost performs, together with Curse of the ravenous type, Buried baby, and precise West, in addition to different lesser recognized yet extremely important works. an intensive chronology of Shepard's lifestyles and profession, including biographical chapters, a notice from the mythical Joseph Chaikin, and an interview with the playwright, supply a desirable first-hand account of an exuberant and experimental personality.