The Onomastic Sam Shepard
Abstract Fascination with names, especially personal names, has been a hallmark of Sam Shepard's life and career. Born Samuel Shepard Rogers VII, he dropped his last name as a result of friction with his father; this act foreshadowed the theme of father-son conflict in a number of his plays. Un...
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
1989-09-01
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| Series: | Names |
| Online Access: | http://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/1218 |