Arthur Miller's America : theater & culture in a time of change / edited by Enoch Brater.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brater, Enoch.

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Theater--theory/text/performance.

Theater--theory/text/performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Criticism and interpretation.

Miller, Arthur.

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Stage history--United States.

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Knowledge--America.

Theater--United States--History--20th century.

Theater.

National characteristics, American, in literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 268 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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,"

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Early Days, Early Works: Arthur Miller at the University of Michigan

The Timebends World: Prospect for Performance / Frank Gagliano

Arthur Miller and the Drama of American Liberalism / Mike Sell

Teaching the Unseen Presence in Miller's Plays / Bruce J. Mann

All My Sons: Competing Contexts and Comparative Scales / Patricia D. Denison

Setting the Scene: Death of a Salesman and After the Fall

The Symbolist Scenography of Arthur Miller / Arnold Aronson

From Technology to Trope: The Archbishop's Ceiling and Miller's Prismatic Drama / Andrew Sofer

The Misfits and American Culture / Laurence Goldstein

Miller, Monroe and the Remaking of Jewish Masculinity / Jonathan Freedman

The American Clock: "Epic Vaudeville" / Peter W. Ferran

Vaudeville at the Edge of the Cliff" / Toby Zinman

An Interview with Patrick Stewart / Toby Zinman

The Late Plays of Arthur Miller / Robert Scanlan

Manipulating Miller / Ruby Cohn

In Willy Loman's Garden: Contemporary Re-visions of Death of a Salesman / Deborah R. Geis

Theorizing Salesman / Elinor Fuchs

William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge and American Opera: A Discussion / Enoch Brater

A Conversation with Arthur Miller / Enoch Brater

Afterword: The Legacy of Arthur Miller / Mel Gussow

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612639012

9781282639010

1282639013

9780472024384

0472024388

OCLC:

655250104