The Real Arthur Miller : The Playwright Who Cared.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norman, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.

Dramatists, American.

American drama (Tragedy).

Local Subjects:

Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2024.

Summary:

During his lifetime, US playwright Arthur Miller was affronted in numerous ways by what he experienced, either personally, or vicariously through the experiences of others.For example: By the way his immigrant family had come to financial grief in the Great Depression (1929 to the late 1930s), through no fault of their own.

Contents:

Cover

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Chapter 1 The Miller Family: from Austro-Hungary to New York City

Chapter 2 Childhood and Youth

Chapter 3 The University of Michigan (1934 to 1938): Early Success: Miller the Idealist

Chapter 4 The Second World War (1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945): Marriage (1st) to Mary Grace Slattery (5 August 1940)

Chapter 5 The Man Who Had All the Luck (1944): All My Sons (1947): The Hook (1947)

Chapter 6 Married Life: Miller as a Father: Miller in Psychoanalysis

Chapter 7 Ezra Pound and Ernie Pyle

Chapter 8 Death of a Salesman (1949)

Chapter 9 Miller's Uncle Emmanuel ('Manny') Newman

Chapter 10 The Waldorf Conference (25-27 March 1949)

Chapter 11 The Crucible (1953)

Chapter 12 The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Chapter 13 A View from the Bridge (1955)

Chapter 14 Marriage (2nd) to Marilyn Monroe (29 June 1956): The Vietnam War

Chapter 15 Miller's Testimony to the HUAC (21 June 1956)

Plates

Chapter 16 John Steinbeck: a Staunch Ally

Chapter 17 The Misfits (1961)

Chapter 18 Miller and Marilyn's Marriage: the Clouds Gather: Divorce

Chapter 19 The Death of Marilyn and its Effect on Miller: Ingeborg Morath

Chapter 20 After the Fall (1964): Incident at Vichy (1964): The Price (1968): The Creation of the World and Other Business (1972)

Chapter 21 Miller at Home: Humour

Gaiety

Contentment

Chapter 22 Daniel Miller

Chapter 23 Miller's Disillusionment with Marxism/Communism: Religion and the Afterlife

Chapter 24 Anti-Semitism: The Danger of Religion Wedded to Nationalism

Chapter 25 Miller: an Abhorrence of Racism

Chapter 26 1992: The State of the Theatre

Chapter 27 Miller's Opinion of US Politicians

Chapter 28 Some Other Plays and Writings: Mr Peters' Connections (1998).

Chapter 29 Finishing the Picture (2004): Later Years

Chapter 30 Arthur Miller the Playwright

Chapter 31 Epilogue

Appendix 1 Arthur Miller: Some Awards and Recognitions

Appendix 2 Miller as an Activist

Notes

Bibliography

By the Same Author

Index.

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ISBN:

1-3990-4077-4

1-3990-4075-8

OCLC:

1433307844