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Grand Illusions.(Arthur Miller )
Arthur Miller was a fundamentally cold and moralistic writer, full of self-reproach. During his long career, the Manhattan-born playwright used his characters--a ruined salesman, a closeted dockworker, a crooked defense manufacturer, and other professional and moral failures (in Miller's world, the two were often intertwined)--in an obsessive attempt to show the ways in which the American male can be shaped and ultimately deformed by the pernicious dream of success.
Miller found his themes at home. His father, Isidore, had emigrated to New York from Poland as a child, and had worked in his father's clothing business, S. Miller & Sons, before founding a company of ...
- Arthur Miller--this very American writer.(Arthur Miller: A Critical Study)(Book...
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Heptonstall, Geoffrey June 1, 2005 700+ words
Arthur Miller: A Critical Study. Christopher Bigsby...521-84416-9. With the death of Arthur Miller all consideration of his work at this...leaves behind an indelible imprint. Arthur Miller's critical eye is closed, whereas...
- Arthur Miller's conscience.(Notes & comments: March 2005)(Obituary)
- Magazine article from: New Criterion March 1, 2005 700+ words
...death of the playwright and left-wing icon Arthur Miller, aged 89, last month! The Washington Post...for the Times: it pushed all the buttons: Arthur Miller, Genius Playwright; Arthur Miller, Social Celebrity; Arthur Miller, Moral...
- Arthur Miller--the making of a playwright.(Reviews)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Contemporary Review Wade, Stephen September 1, 2004 700+ words
...Gottfried makes plain is that Arthur Miller, while surely one of...profound warmth and what Arthur Miller's mother would have...human centre. In the Millers' home one took time...move. In many ways, Arthur Miller represents the type of...
- Arthur Miller: A Critical Study.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Theatre History Studies Otten, Terry January 1, 2006 700+ words
Arthur Miller: A Critical Study. By Christopher Bigsby...Drama (1982-85) and the editor of Arthur Miller and Company (1990) and the Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller (1997), among various other important...
- A toast to Arthur Miller.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Kohn, Martin F. October 23, 2000 700+ words
...Salesman." At age 20, freshman Arthur Miller may have had some inkling about...one epitomizes that more than Arthur Miller." He calls Miller "a self...the idea for the symposium, "Arthur Miller's America: Theater and Culture...
- Enoch Brater, ed. Arthur Miller's Global Theater: How an American Playwright Is...
- Magazine article from: Comparative Drama September 22, 2007 700+ words
Enoch Brater, ed. Arthur Miller's Global Theater: How an American...Cross-Cultural Encounters: Arthur Miller and the International Theater...following essays: Linda Ben-Zvi, "Arthur Miller's Israel and Israel's Arthur...
- Enoch Brater, ed. Arthur Miller's Global Theater: How an American Playwright in...
- Magazine article from: Comparative Drama June 22, 2008 700+ words
Enoch Brater, ed. Arthur Miller's Global Theater: How an American...Cross-Cultural Encounters: Arthur Miller and the International Theater...following essays: Linda Ben-Zvi, "Arthur Miller's Israel and Israel's Arthur...
- Arthur Miller tapes in court television commentary and analysis; addresses...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 24, 1990 700+ words
...TO ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR: ARTHUR MILLER TAPES IN COURT TELEVISION COMMENTARY...Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur Miller, the senior member of In Court...sworn in since the Reagan era. "Arthur Miller's commentary on specific trials...
