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The Theater Essays Of Arthur Miller Paperback – August 22, 1996

by Arthur Miller (Author), Robert A. Martin (Author), Steven R. Centola (Author)

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Arthur Miller is one of the most important and enduring playwrights of the last fifty years. This new edition of The Theater Essays has been expanded by nearly fifty percent to include his most significant articles and interviews since the book's initial publication in 1978. Within these pages Miller discusses the roots of modern drama, the nature of tragedy, and the state of contemporary theater; offers illuminating observations on Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, O'Neill, and Williams; probes the different approaches and attitudes toward theater in Russia, China, and at home; and, of course, provides valuable insights into his own vast dramatic corpus. For this edition the literary chronology and cast and production information have been updated, and an extensive new bibliography has been added. The Theater Essays confirms Arthur Miller's standing as a brilliant, eloquent commentator on drama and culture. No one interested in theater should be without this definitive collection.

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Robert A. Martin is professor of English at Michigan State University. Steven R. Centola is professor of English at Millersville University in Pennsylvania.

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628 pages
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English
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Da Capo Press
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August 22, 1996
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5.75 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches
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0306807327
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978-0306807329
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Da Capo Press; Revised edition (August 22, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 628 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0306807327
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0306807329
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches

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Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was born in New York City in 1915 and studied at the University of Michigan. During his lifetime he was celebrated as the pre-eminent playwright of his generation and won numerous awards for his work including two New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, two Emmy awards and three Tony Awards for his plays, as well as a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. His 1949 play Death of a Salesman was the first play to scoop all three major US awards: the New York Critics Circle Award, a Tony Award for Best Author and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His many plays include All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, The Price, The Creation of the World and Other Business, and The American Clock; later plays include Broken Glass, Resurrection Blues and the aptly-titled Finishing the Picture. His other published work includes the novel Focus, The Misfits which was filmed in 1960, two collections of short stories, the memoir Timebends and various volumes of non-fiction including three books in collaboration with his wife, photographer Inge Morath.
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Michael Wells Glueck

Classic essays on the nature of drama

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2002

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These collected essays, first published in such periodicals as The New York Times, The New York Herald Tribune, or Atlantic Monthly, trace the origins of modern drama in Greek tragedy and comedy. At least four of them should be required reading in any introductory course in British and American literature: The Salesman Has A Birthday; Tragedy And The Common Man; The Nature Of Tragedy; and The Family In Modern Drama. The last of these contains a memorable phrase that furnished the title of the selection of the late U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl's essays, At Home In The World. One brief quotation from Tragedy And The Common Man that seems especially relevant to the present era will suffice: "The Greeks could probe the very heavenly origin of their ways and return to confirm the rightness of laws."

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SmileyBurnette

Ponderous yet insightful

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2021

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Miller says in 500+ pages what could have been said in half that. He keeps repeating the same ideas throughout his articles. Ironic, for a playwright, his sentences are irritatingly l-o-n-g!
Nevertheless, he is brilliant in his insights and absolutely thought-provoking.

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Frances S. Heales

What did Arthur Miller think?

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2014

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In this book of well arranged and indexed essays Arthur Miller describes some of the ideas he explored in in his plays. The example that I found most interesting was his statement that in "The Crucible" he was exploring people who would not incriminate themselves. rather than the Salem Witches per se. This stance, refusing to testify before the McCarthy inquiry, is the one he took. Although he was neither incarcerated, nor hanged, he was on a black list for some years.

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Jerry Mcginley

The Theater Essays of Atrhur Miller

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2010

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Unfortunately, after waiting over a month, sending numerous emails, and getting several promises, I still haven't received the book. I guess I'll never know how good the book is, but I do know how disappointed I am with Amazon.

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Wonderful compilation of Miller's thoughts

Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2000

This book is an incredible trip through out Miller's ideas. The essays on the book are very well selected and disposed in a good way for the readers to understand what Arthur Miller is all about. There's no better way to know somebody other than this persons' own words. And this is what's so special about this book. We get to know Arthur Miller through his own special words. The first essay, "Tragedy and the Common Man" is already classical for its contents. Most of the books about Arthur Miller talk about it, but this very book happens to be the only way for us to actually read the whole text. Summing up: if you're willing to go to the bootom of this very important writer, this is the book you must choose.

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one of the greatest books about the theater ever and this is from ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2015

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one of the greatest books about the theater ever and this is from one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century

DR DENNIS E FLYNN

... of essays from from one of the twentieth century's finest playwrights. Heartily recommended to anyone seriously interested i

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2014

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Fascinating selection of essays from from one of the twentieth century's finest playwrights. Heartily recommended to anyone seriously interested in the theatre.

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