
A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller
All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, Broken Glass
Methuen Drama (Publisher)
Published on 26. September 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-4081-8487-5 (ISBN)
Description
A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller provides the essential guide to Miller's most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on five of Miller's plays: All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge and Broken Glass. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether readers want a summary of the play, a commentary on the themes or characters, or a discussion of the work in performance, they can readily find what they need to develop their understanding and aid their appreciation of Miller's artistry. A chronology of Miller's life and work helps to situate his oeuvre in context and the introduction reinforces this by providing a clear overview of his writing, its recurrent themes and how these are intertwined with his life and times.
For each play the author provides a summary of the plot, followed by commentary on the context, themes, characters, structure and language, and the play in production - both on stage and screen adaptations; there are questions for further study and detailed notes on words and phrases in the text. The wealth of authoritative and clear commentary on each play, together with further questions that encourage comparison across Miller's work and related plays by other leading writers, ensures that this is the clearest and fullest guide to Miller's greatest plays.
For each play the author provides a summary of the plot, followed by commentary on the context, themes, characters, structure and language, and the play in production - both on stage and screen adaptations; there are questions for further study and detailed notes on words and phrases in the text. The wealth of authoritative and clear commentary on each play, together with further questions that encourage comparison across Miller's work and related plays by other leading writers, ensures that this is the clearest and fullest guide to Miller's greatest plays.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-8487-5 (9781408184875)
DOI
CBID180372
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Alan Ackerman | Enoch Brater | Enoch Brater
A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller
All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, the Crucible, a View from the Bridge, Broken Glass
E-Book
12/2013
1st Edition
Methuen Drama
€27.49
Available for download

Alan Ackerman | Enoch Brater | Enoch Brater
A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller
All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, the Crucible, a View from the Bridge, Broken Glass
E-Book
11/2013
1st Edition
Methuen Drama
€27.49
Available for download
Persons
Enoch Brater is Kenneth T. Rowe Collegiate Professor of Dramatic Literature & Professor of English and Theater University of Michigan, USA.
Toby Zinman is Professor of English, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA.
Susan C. W. Abbotson is Assistant Professor of Dramatic Literature at Rhode Island College, USA.
Stephen Marino is the founding editor of the Arthur Miller Journal and is adjunct professor of English at St Francis College, New York, USA. He is a former president of the Arthur Miller Society.
Alan Ackerman is Professor of English at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Toby Zinman is Professor of English, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA.
Susan C. W. Abbotson is Assistant Professor of Dramatic Literature at Rhode Island College, USA.
Stephen Marino is the founding editor of the Arthur Miller Journal and is adjunct professor of English at St Francis College, New York, USA. He is a former president of the Arthur Miller Society.
Alan Ackerman is Professor of English at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Author
Associate Professor of English, University of TorontoUniversity of Toronto, Canada
Editor
University of Michigan, USA
Volume editor
University of Michigan, USA
Contributions
Rhode Island College, USA
Formerly of St Francis College, Brooklyn, USA
Professor of English, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Associate Professor of English, University of TorontoUniversity of Toronto, Canada
Content
Acknowledgements
A chronology of Miller's life and work
Introduction
1. All My Sons
2. Death of Salesman
3. The Crucible
4. A View from the Bridge
5. Broken Glass
6. Questions for study
7. Further reading
A chronology of Miller's life and work
Introduction
1. All My Sons
2. Death of Salesman
3. The Crucible
4. A View from the Bridge
5. Broken Glass
6. Questions for study
7. Further reading