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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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Book category Knihy po anglicky Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Body Across the Map
• Subtitle: The Father-Son Plays of Sam Shepard
• Author: Michael Taav
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 121
• EAN: 9780820444338
• ISBN: 9780820444338
• ID: 10019441
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
• Weight: 192 g
• Dimensions: 154 × 227 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. February 2000

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