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Arthur Miller
A Critical Study

Author: Christopher Bigsby, University of East Anglia

Date Published: January 2005
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format: Hardback
isbn: 9780521844161

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Christopher Bigsby explores all of Arthur Miller's work, including plays, poetry, fiction and prose, in this comprehensive study. Using previously unpublished and unknown material, including conversations with Miller, Bigsby paints a compelling picture of how Miller's works were influenced by, and created in the light of, events of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
- An intimate and accessible view of the playwright and his world, using much previously unpublished material
- Includes an interview with Arthur Miller by Bigsby, his close friend
- Fascinating insights for theatregoers as well as students and scholars of modern American drama by one of the leading specialists in the field
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'Bigsby's epic study is readable, comprehensive and profound. It's not a beginner's guide, and plot summaries rapidly give way to in-depth discussion, with brief biographical links rounding off each chapter. Given the massive task, the evidence of haste in some of the writing is excusable. This book is clearly a must not only for Miller fans, but for anyone wanting to know about the post-war struggles of the engaged artist - committed both to accounting for his life, and bearing witness to history.' The Independent
'… wide-ranging, indispensable study … an in-depth account of everything Miller has written, including the voluminous variants of his work, his private papers and worknotes to which Bigsby has had access …'. Jewish Chronicle
'A text of extraordinary thoroughness and insight. (it) is likely to remain the most sustained and penetrating examination of Miller's work for a long time to come.' Theatre History Studies
'… comprehensive and very thorough.' Contemporary Review
'While there is no shortage of books about Arthur Miller out there, this new study by Christopher Bigsby is surely one of the best and most valuable to date.' MLR
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Product details
- Date Published: January 2005
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521844161
- length: 528 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 163 x 38 mm
- weight: 0.965kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Michigan plays
2. The Golden Years, The Half-Bridge, Boro Hall Nocturne
3. The radio plays
4. The Man Who Had All the Luck
5. Focus
6. All My Sons
7. Death of a Salesman
8. Arthur Miller: time-traveller
9. An Enemy of the People
10. The Crucible
11. A Memory of Two Mondays
12. A View from the Bridge
13. Tragedy
14. The Misfits
15. After the Fall
16. Incident at Vichy
17. The Price
18. The Creation of the World and Other Business
19. The Archbishop's Ceiling
20. Playing for Time
21. The shearing point
22. The American Clock
23. The one-act plays: Two-Way Mirror and Danger: Memory!
24. The Ride Down Mount Morgan
25. The Last Yankee
26. Broken Glass
27. Mr Peters' Connections
28. Resurrection Blues
29. Finishing the Picture
30. Fiction
31. Arthur Miller as a Jewish writer
Notes
Index.
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Christopher Bigsby, University of East Anglia
Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia.