Arthur Miller: American Witness (Jewish Lives)

Synopsis

A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller&’s dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights &“New Yorker critic Lahr shines in this searching account of the life of playwright Arthur Miller. . . . It&’s a great introduction to a giant of American letters.&”—Publishers Weekly Distinguished theater critic John Lahr brings unique perspective to the life of Arthur Miller (1915–2005), the playwright who almost single-handedly propelled twentieth-century American theater into a new level of cultural sophistication. Organized around the fault lines of Miller&’s life—his family, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, Elia Kazan and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam, and the rise and fall of Miller&’s role as a public intellectual—this book demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller&’s psychology and his plays. Concentrating largely on Miller&’s most prolific decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lahr probes Miller&’s early playwriting failures; his work writing radio plays during World War II after being rejected for military service; his only novel, Focus; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays that include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible, providing an original interpretation of Miller&’s work and his personality.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

264 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780300268768

Related ISBNs:

9780300234923

Publisher:

Yale University Press

Date of Addition:

11/01/22

Copyrighted By:

John Lahr.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts

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