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Arthur Miller's America : theater & culture in a time of change / edited by Enoch Brater.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- 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 and learning--America.
- Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- America.
- Theater--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- United States.
- History.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2005.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This volume collects original essays and interviews on Arthur Miller, the greatest American playwright of the twentieth century, by a remarkable group of critics, scholars, and theater practitioners. The contributors consider the breadth of Miller's work, treating topics that include his early political writing for the student newspaper at the University of Michigan; his famous work with John Huston, Clark Gable, and Marilyn Monroe on The Misfits; traditional performances of signature plays like Death of a Salesman and All My Sons; and operatic renditions of Miller scripts, among many other subjects. Intimate conversations with the playwright reveal the ideas that define his art, including an interview in which he suggests for the first time that an audience must be made "to feel before it can be made to think." In reflecting the many dimensions of his work, this volume illustrates Arthur Miller's long-standing commitment to forging a uniquely American theater.
- Contents:
- Early Days, Early Works: Arthur Miller at the University of Michigan / Enoch Brater 1
- The Timebends World: Prospect for Performance / Frank Gagliano 17
- Arthur Miller and the Drama of American Liberalism / Mike Sell 23
- Teaching the Unseen Presence in Miller's Plays / Bruce J. Mann 36
- All My Sons: Competing Contexts and Comparative Scales / Patricia D. Denison 46
- Setting the Scene: Death of a Salesman and After the Fall / Austin E. Quigley 60
- The Symbolist Scenography of Arthur Miller / Arnold Aronson 78
- From Technology to Trope: The Archbishop's Ceiling and Miller's Prismatic Drama / Andrew Sofer 94
- The Misfits and American Culture / Laurence Goldstein 109
- Miller, Monroe and the Remaking of Jewish Masculinity / Jonathan Freedman 135
- The American Clock: "Epic Vaudeville" / Peter W. Ferran 153
- "Vaudeville at the Edge of the Cliff" / Toby Zinman 164
- An Interview with Patrick Stewart / Toby Zinman 174
- The Late Plays of Arthur Miller / Robert Scanlan 180
- Manipulating Miller / Ruby Cohn 191
- In Willy Loman's Garden: Contemporary Re-visions of Death of a Salesman / Deborah R. Geis 202
- Theorizing Salesman / Elinor Fuchs 219
- William Bolcom's A View from the Bridge and American Opera: A Discussion / Enoch Brater 236
- A Conversation with Arthur Miller / Enoch Brater 244
- Afterword: The Legacy of Arthur Miller / Mel Gussow 256.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on information from the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780472024384
- 0472114107
- Publisher Number:
- 10.3998/mpub.17514
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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