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 Using previously unpublished and unknown material, including conversations with Miller, Bigsby paints a compelling picture of how Miller's works were influenced by, and created in the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.
Author(s): Christopher Bigsby
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 528
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
NOTE ON THE TEXT......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 13
1 The Michigan plays......Page 20
2 ‘The Golden Years’, ‘The Half-Bridge’,
‘Boro Hall Nocturne’......Page 39
3 The radio plays......Page 52
4 ‘The Man Who Had All the Luck’......Page 66
5 ‘Focus’......Page 79
6 ‘All My Sons’......Page 90
7 ‘Death of a Salesman’......Page 112
8 Arthur Miller: time-traveller......Page 136
9 ‘An Enemy of the People’......Page 150
10 ‘The Crucible’......Page 159
11 ‘A Memory of Two Mondays’......Page 186
12 ‘A View from the Bridge’......Page 190
13 Tragedy......Page 210
14 ‘The Misfits’......Page 225
15 ‘After the Fall’......Page 240
16 ‘Incident at Vichy’......Page 260
17 ‘The Price’......Page 283
18 ‘The Creation of the World and Other Business’......Page 301
19 ‘The Archbishop’s Ceiling’......Page 307
20 ‘Playing for Time’......Page 324
21 The shearing point......Page 337
22 ‘The American Clock’......Page 349
23 The one-act plays: ‘Two-Way Mirror’ and
‘Danger: Memory!’......Page 364
24 ‘The Ride Down Mount Morgan’......Page 378
25 ‘The Last Yankee’......Page 394
26 ‘Broken Glass’......Page 403
27 ‘Mr Peters’ Connections’......Page 417
28 ‘Resurrection Blues’......Page 433
29 ‘Finishing the Picture’......Page 449
30 Fiction......Page 456
31 Arthur Miller as a Jewish writer......Page 485
2 ‘THE GOLDEN YEARS’, ‘THE HALF-BRIDGE’, ‘BORO HALL NOCTURNE’......Page 502
5 ‘FOCUS’......Page 503
6 ‘ALL MY SONS’......Page 504
7 ‘DEATH OF A SALESMAN’......Page 505
9 ‘AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE’......Page 506
10 ‘THE CRUCIBLE’......Page 507
12 ‘A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE’......Page 508
13 TRAGEDY......Page 509
16 ‘INCIDENT AT VICHY’......Page 510
17 ‘THE PRICE’......Page 511
20 ‘PLAYING FOR TIME’......Page 512
21 THE SHEARING POINT......Page 513
23 THE ONE-ACT PLAYS: ‘TWO-WAY MIRROR’ AND ‘DANGER: MEMORY!’......Page 514
26 ‘BROKEN GLASS’......Page 515
28 ‘RESURRECTION BLUES’......Page 516
31 ARTHUR MILLER AS A JEWISH WRITER......Page 517
Index......Page 519
