Student Companion to Arthur Miller.

Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- 1 The Life of Arthur Miller -- CHILDHOOD -- THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- THE APPRENTICESHIP YEARS -- PLAYWRIGHT OF THE YEAR -- THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE AND MARILYN -- THE HOLOCAUST AND PRESIDENCY OF POETS, ESSAYISTS, AND NOVELISTS (P.E.N.) -- OTHER MAJOR PLAYS -- FILM VERSIONS OF MILLER'S PLAYS -- OTHER DIRECTIONS -- WHY MILLER WRITES -- 2 Literary Heritage -- LITERARY AND DRAMATIC PRECURSORS -- HOW MILLER WRITES -- MILLER'S DRAMATIC IMPACT -- MILLER AND TRAGEDY -- SUBJECTIVE REALISM -- POETIC LANGUAGE -- MILLER'S INFLUENCE ON OTHER WRITERS -- COMMON MILLER THEMES -- THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PAST -- LESSONS IN RESPONSIBILITY AND CONNECTION -- THE FAMILY -- CAPITALISM AND ANTIMATERIALISM -- THE LAW -- 3 Tragedy: Death of a Salesman (1949) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- LITERARY DEVICES AND CRAFT -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVE: A FEMINIST READING -- 4 The Family: All My Sons (1947) and A View from the Bridge (1956) -- ALL MY SONS (1947) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE (1956) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- ALL MY SONS AND A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- LITERARY DEVICES AND CRAFT -- ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVE:A PSYCHOANALYTICAL READING -- 5 The Depression: The American Clock (1980) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- LITERARY DEVICES AND CRAFT -- ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVE: A MARXIST READING -- 6 The Holocaust: After the Fall (1964) and Broken Glass (1994) -- AFTER THE FALL (1964) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- BROKEN GLASS (1994) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- THEMATIC ISSUES IN AFTER THE FALL AND BROKEN GLASS -- LITERARY DEVICES AND CRAFT -- ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVE: A READER-RESPONSE APPROACH -- 7 House Un-American Activities Committee: The Crucible (1953) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- LITERARY DEVICES AND CRAFT -- ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVE: A DECONSTRUCTIONIST READING -- 8 Continuing Concerns: The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991) -- SETTING AND PLOT DEVELOPMENT -- CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT -- SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- THEMATIC ISSUES -- LITERARY DEVICES AND CRAFT -- ALTERNATE PERSPECTIVE: A MYTHIC READING -- Bibliography -- PLAYS BY ARTHUR MILLER -- SCREENPLAYS AND OTHER FICTION BY ARTHUR MILLER -- ARTICLES, ESSAYS, AND OTHER NONFICTION BY ARTHUR MILLER -- WORKS ABOUT ARTHUR MILLER -- CRITICAL STUDIES -- REVIEWS AND SELECTED CRITICISM -- DEATH OF A SALESMAN -- Reviews -- Criticism -- ALL MY SONS -- Reviews -- Criticism -- A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE -- Reviews -- Criticism -- THE AMERICAN CLOCK -- Reviews -- Criticism -- THE CRUCIBLE -- Reviews -- Criticism -- AFTER THE FALL -- Reviews -- Criticism -- BROKEN GLASS -- Reviews -- Criticism -- THE RIDE DOWN MT. MORGAN -- Reviews -- Criticism -- RELATED SECONDARY SOURCES -- Index -- About the Author.

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