Arthur Miller American Witness
eAudio - 2022
A distinguished theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller's dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights.John Lahr brings unique perspective to the life of Arthur Miller (1915–2005), the playwright who almost single-handedly propelled twentieth-century American theater to a new level of cultural sophistication.This book, 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—demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller's psychology and his plays.Concentrating largely on Miller...039;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...
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Blackstone Publishing
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File Size | 254 GB |
Parts | 11 |
ISBN | 9798212197786 |
Release Date | 11/1/2022 |
OverDrive Listen audiobook | |
File Size | 254 GB |
ISBN | 9798212197786 |
Release Date | 11/1/2022 |