The Cambridge companion to Arthur Miller / edited by Christopher Bigsby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bigsby, C. W. E., editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature.

Cambridge companions to literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005--Criticism and interpretation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Miller, Arthur.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Chronology / Susan Haedicke

Introduction / Christopher Bigsby

The tradition of social drama : Miller and his forebears / Brenda Murphy

The early plays / Christopher Bigsby

All my sons / Steven R. Centola

Death of a salesman and the poetics of Arthur Miller / Matthew C. Roudané

Conscience and community in An enemy of the people and The crucible / Thomas P. Adler

A view from the bridge / Albert Wertheim

The Holocaust, the Depression, and McCarthyism : Miller in the Sixties / Janet N. Balakian

Miller's 1970s "power" plays / William W. Demastes

Miller in the Eighties / Jane Schlueter

The last plays / Christopher Bigsby

Arthur Miller and the cinema / R. Barton Palmer

Arthur Miller's fiction / Malcolm Bradbury

Critic, criticism, critics / Stephen Barker

Arthur Miller: a bibliographic essay / Susan Haedicke.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-80113-9

1-139-00290-2