The Late Henry Moss (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sam Shepard
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, Brothers, Fathers, Mexico or Mexicans, Abandonment
The Late Henry Moss is, as are numerous other Shepard works, ripe for Freudian brain-picking: The deistic father has spun his dysfunctional American family web and then disappeared, leaving the fractured unit members to replay the past with longing, with resentment, and with climactic and uncontrollable violent episodes. The post-traumatic stress is as acute for the offspring as it is for the survivors of battle. As Earl Moss tells the audience, he remembers the past and family life “like a war.”
The brothers Moss relive the battle, however, in more than panoramic...
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