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The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller
This comprehensive volume brings together essays by one of the most influential literary, cultural and intellectual voices of our time: Arthur Miller.
Arranged chronologically from 1944 to 2000, these writings take the reader on a whirlwind tour of modern history alongside offering a remarkable record of Miller's views on theater. They give eloquent expression to his belief in 'the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone'. Published with the essays are articles that Miller had written and in-depth interviews he has given.
This collection features material from two earlier publications: Echoes Down the Corridor and The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. It is edited and features a new introduction by Matthew Roudané, Regents Professor of American Drama at Georgia State University.
'Arthur Miller understands that serious writing is a social act as well as an aesthetic one, that political involvement comes with the territory. A writer's work and his actions should be of the same cloth, after all. His plays and his conscience are a cold burning force.' Edward Albee
Arranged chronologically from 1944 to 2000, these writings take the reader on a whirlwind tour of modern history alongside offering a remarkable record of Miller's views on theater. They give eloquent expression to his belief in 'the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone'. Published with the essays are articles that Miller had written and in-depth interviews he has given.
This collection features material from two earlier publications: Echoes Down the Corridor and The Theater Essays of Arthur Miller. It is edited and features a new introduction by Matthew Roudané, Regents Professor of American Drama at Georgia State University.
'Arthur Miller understands that serious writing is a social act as well as an aesthetic one, that political involvement comes with the territory. A writer's work and his actions should be of the same cloth, after all. His plays and his conscience are a cold burning force.' Edward Albee
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First published November 22, 2016
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About the author
Arthur Miller
541 books3,194 followersWorks of American playwright Arthur Asher Miller include
Death of a Salesman
(1949), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize, and
The Crucible
(1953).
This essayist, a prominent figure in literature and cinema for over 61 years, composed a wide variety, such as celebrated A View from the Bridge and All My Sons , still studied and performed worldwide. Miller often in the public eye most famously refused to give evidence to the un-American activities committee of the House of Representatives, received award for drama, and married Marilyn Monroe. People at the time considered the greatest Miller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...
This essayist, a prominent figure in literature and cinema for over 61 years, composed a wide variety, such as celebrated A View from the Bridge and All My Sons , still studied and performed worldwide. Miller often in the public eye most famously refused to give evidence to the un-American activities committee of the House of Representatives, received award for drama, and married Marilyn Monroe. People at the time considered the greatest Miller.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...
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May 21, 2017
I was thrilled to win this from goodreads giveaway site as Arthur Miller is one of our greatest dramatists and although I had taken a course devoted to his plays back in college, I had not read most of his essays. This marvelous collection led me down several research rabbit holes and I tried to track down a few of the later plays [The American Clock, Incident at Vichy] and some of the plays especially by Odets. And then I had to reread the Crucible in light of today's political nonsense -- we should be bringing that back to stages all across the country along with Ibsen's Enemy of the People. I was fascinated to read that the Crucible has been performed in country's all over the world with various types of governments - monarchy's, dictatorships (though usually as one falls in Latin America), Communist, and Socialist -- and that all the audiences relate to the message of that play. Discussions on how various countries support the theater arts versus how we are doing it in this country was illuminating.
And I got to the essays on McCarthyism...loyalty pledges? Seems like it was ripped from the headlines of yesterdays NYT. And where is this generations Edward R. Murrow? The essays he wrote as head of the PEN organization on Germany, on German re-unification, and Israel were also very interesting. The Essay "What's Wrong with This Picture? Speculations on a Handmade Greeting Card" was chilling. I will be keeping this book on my treasures book shelf.
And I got to the essays on McCarthyism...loyalty pledges? Seems like it was ripped from the headlines of yesterdays NYT. And where is this generations Edward R. Murrow? The essays he wrote as head of the PEN organization on Germany, on German re-unification, and Israel were also very interesting. The Essay "What's Wrong with This Picture? Speculations on a Handmade Greeting Card" was chilling. I will be keeping this book on my treasures book shelf.
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