{"product_id":"the-late-work-of-sam-shannon-blake-skelton-9781350035607","title":"The Late Work of Sam Shepard","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed by critics during the 1980s as the decade's 'Great American Playwright', Sam Shepard continued to produce work in a wide array of media including short prose, films, plays, performances and screenplays until his death in 2017. Like Samuel Beckett and Tennessee Williams in their autumnal years, Shepard relentlessly pressed the potentialities and possibilities of theatre. This is the first volume to consider Shepard's later work and career in detail and ranges across his work produced since the late 1980s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShepard's motion picture directorial debut \u003ci\u003eFar North\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) served as the beginning of a new cycle of work. He returned to the stage with the politically engaged \u003ci\u003eStates of Shock\u003c\/i\u003e (1991) which resembled neither his earlier plays nor his family cycle. With both\u003ci\u003e Far North \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStates of Shock\u003c\/i\u003e, Shepard signaled a transition into a phase in which he would experiment in form, subject and media for the next two decades. Skelton's comprehensive study includes consideration of his work in films such as \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and \u003ci\u003eBrothers \u003c\/i\u003e(2009); issues of authenticity in the film and screenplay \u003ci\u003eDon't Come Knocking\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and the play \u003ci\u003eKicking a Dead Horse\u003c\/i\u003e (2007); of memory and trauma in \u003ci\u003eSimpatico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Late Henry Moss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen the World was Green\u003c\/i\u003e, and of masculine and conservative narratives in \u003ci\u003eStates of Shock\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe God of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLauded by critics in his lifetime and since his death in July 2017 as 'one of the most important and influential writers of his generation' (\u003ci\u003eNY Times\u003c\/i\u003e), Shepard 'excelled as an actor, screenwriter, playwright and director' (\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e); this is a timely and important assessment of his work spanning the last three decades of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shannon Blake Skelton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350035602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350035607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Shannon Blake Skelton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906733035775,"sku":"9781350035607","price":46.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d4e5788-ca90-42f2-8947-1870e786454f.jpg?v=1748771265","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-late-work-of-sam-shannon-blake-skelton-9781350035607","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}