“Sentimental Claptrap”: Lost Cowboys, Dead Horses, and the Discarded in Sam Shepard’s Play Kicking a Dead Horse
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25071/2369-7326.39144Abstract
This critical essay examines how in the play Kicking a Dead Horse playwright Sam Shepard discards traditional images of the West to celebrate song and dance.References
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