Download or read book The theater essays of Arthur Miller edited and with an introduction by Robert A Martin Foreword by Arthur Miller written by Arthur Miller and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller written by Robert A. Martin and published by New York : Viking Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents Miller's view of the art form to which he has devoted his intellect and talent, and offers valuable insights into the mind of one of America's foremost writers. Also contains a literary chronology, an appendix listing all Miller's plays complete with casts and production information.
Download or read book The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller written by Arthur Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume brings together essays by one of the most influential literary, cultural and intellectual voices of our time: Arthur Miller. Arranged chronologically from 1944 to 2000, these writings take the reader on a whirlwind tour of modern history alongside offering a remarkable record of Miller's views on theater. They give eloquent expression to his belief in 'the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone'. Published with the essays are articles that Miller had written and in-depth interviews he has given.This collection features material from two earlier publications: Echoes Down the Corridor and The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. It is edited and features a new introduction by Matthew Roudan�, Regents Professor of American Drama at Georgia State University. 'Arthur Miller understands that serious writing is a social act as well as an aesthetic one, that political involvement comes with the territory. A writer's work and his actions should be of the same cloth, after all. His plays and his conscience are a cold burning force.' Edward Albee
Download or read book Reading and Interpreting the Works of Arthur Miller written by Amy Dunkleberger and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Miller is described by some as the greatest American playwright of the twentieth century. But to fully understand and appreciate his work, students must comprehend the political climate in which he was writing and the changes facing the world at the time. This engaging text provides readers with critical analysis of his themes, style, and language; direct quotations from Miller; and relevant biographical details. Students will learn about the world Arthur Miller was reflecting in his writing and why his works have become American classics.
Download or read book Arthur Miller written by Robert A. Martin and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1982 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second volume, distinguished scholars and drama critics present the best of current thought on the plays of Arthur Miller. In this book, which is divided into two sections, 'Views' and 'Overviews, ' the contributors assess the relationship evident among several plays and offer analyses of single works. An international bibliography rounds out this perceptive and comprehensive illumination of Miller's work and career.
Download or read book Arthur Miller a Collection of Critical Essays written by Robert Willoughby Corrigan and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1969 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 10 essays in this book explore the themes developed by Miller in his plays and his career as a playwright.
Download or read book Collected Essays written by Arthur Miller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collected essays of the “moral voice of [the] American stage” (The New York Times) in a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Arthur Miller was not only one of America’s most important twentieth-century playwrights, but he was also one of its most influential literary, cultural, and intellectual voices. Throughout his career, he consistently remained one of the country’s leading public intellectuals, advocating tirelessly for social justice, global democracy, and the arts. Theater scholar Susan C. W. Abbotson introduces this volume as a selection of Miller’s finest essays, organized in three thematic parts: essays on the theater, essays on specific plays like Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, and sociopolitical essays on topics spanning from the Depression to the twenty-first century. Written with playful wit, clear-eyed intellect, and above all, human dignity, these essays offer unmatched insight into the work of Arthur Miller and the turbulent times through which he guided his country. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller written by C. W. E. Bigsby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-13 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides an introduction to one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Arthur Miller s Century written by Stephen Marino and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Miller was one of the major American dramatists of the twentieth century, clearly ranking with other truly great American playwrights, including Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee. The centennial of Miller’s birth in New York City on October 17, 1915 was celebrated around the world with a panoply of staged productions, theatrical events, media documentaries, and academic conferences. Miller earned his reputation during a career of more than seventy years, in which he achieved critical success in the 1940s and 1950s with the dramas All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and A View from the Bridge. He was also notable for his refusal to “name names at his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee”, his marriage to the film actress Marilyn Monroe, and his spell as president of the literary organization, International P.E.N. Arthur Miller was not only a literary giant, but also one of the more significant political, cultural, and social figures of his time. He was a man of conviction and integrity who frequently took stands, popular and unpopular, on the ethical issues that engaged societies throughout the world. This collection includes eclectic essays from Miller scholars who provide detailed discussions of text and performance, of Miller as a political and cultural figure, and of his connection to other playwrights. The contributions explore the trajectory of Miller’s career, his most famous and frequently produced works, such as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, the dramas of his later career, and his fiction. The collection appeals to a broad American and international audience and a cross-section of readers, including undergraduates, graduates, emerging scholars, drama and theatre specialists, as well as theatre-goers who flock to revivals of Miller’s plays.
Download or read book Jewish American Literature written by Jules Chametzky and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2001 with total page 1264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Jewish-American literature written by various authors between 1656 and 1990.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller written by Christopher Bigsby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Miller is regarded as one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century, and his work continues to be widely performed and studied around the world. This updated Companion includes Miller's work since the publication of the first edition in 1997 - the plays Mr Peters' Connections, Resurrection Blues, and Finishing the Picture - and key productions of his plays since his death in 2005. The chapter on Miller and the cinema has been completely revised to include new films, and demonstrates that Miller's work remains an important source for filmmakers. In addition to detailed analyses of plays including Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, Miller's work is also placed within the context of the social and political climate of the time. The volume closes with a bibliographic essay which reviews the key studies of Miller and also contains a detailed chronology of the work of this influential dramatist.
Download or read book Arthur Miller a Reference Guide written by John H. Ferres and published by Hall Reference Books. This book was released on 1979 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arthur Miller for the Twenty First Century written by Stephen Marino and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Miller for the Twenty-First Century: Contemporary Views of His Writings and Ideas brings together both established Miller experts and emerging commentators to investigate the sources of his ongoing resonance with audiences and his place in world theatre. The collection begins by exploring Miller in the context of 20th-century American drama. Chapters discuss Miller and Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, David Mamet, and Sam Shepard, as well as thematic relationships between Miller’s ideas and the explosion of significant women and African American dramatists since the 1970s. Other essays focus more directly on interpretations of Miller’s individual works, not only plays but also essays and fiction, including a discussion of Death of a Salesman in China. The volume concludes by considering Miller and current cultural issues: his work for human rights, his depiction of American ideals of masculinity, and his anticipation of contemporary posthumanism.
Download or read book Essays on Contemporary American Drama written by Hedwig Bock and published by Munich : M. Hueber. This book was released on 1981 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Arthur Miller s America written by Enoch Brater and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perspectives on America's greatest living playwright that explore his longstanding commitment to forging a uniquely American theater Arthur Miller's America collects new writing by leading international critics and scholars that considers the dramatic world of icon, activist, and playwright Arthur Miller's theater as it reflects the changing moral equations of his time. Written on the occasion of Miller's 85th year, the original essays and interviews in Arthur Miller's America treat the breadth of Miller's work, including his early political writings for the campus newspaper at the University of Michigan, his famous work with John Huston, Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe on The Misfits, and his signature plays like Death of a Salesman and All My Sons.
Download or read book Understanding Arthur Miller written by Alice Griffin and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reader's companion to the works of one of America's greatest playwrights.
Download or read book Arthur Miller written by Santosh K. Bhatia and published by Humanities Press International. This book was released on 1985 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical study of selected plays by Arthur Miller, b. 1915, American playwright.
