A Body Across the Map - Michael Taav Kartoniert (TB)

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 d ark 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.