From Library Journal
This duo offer a vast array of the venerable Miller's life and work. The 1971 Portable includes his most famous plays-Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, etc.-while in his autobiography, Timebends, Miller unfolds his life "with sharp characterizations and vivid imagery" (LJ 10/15/87).Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
This classic collection-the only one-volume selection of Arthur Miller's work available-presents a rich cross section of writing from one of our most influential and humane playwrights, containing in full his masterpieces The Crucible and Death of a Salesman. This essential collection also includes the complete texts of After the Fall, The American Clock, The Last Yankee, and Broken Glass, winner of the Olivier Award for Best Play of 1995, as well as excerpts from Miller's memoir Timebends. An essay by Harold Clurman and Christopher Bigsby's introduction discuss Miller's standing as one of the greatest American playwrights of all time and his importance to twentieth-century literature.
Introduction by Harold Clurman.
Edited by Christopher Bigsby
About the Author
Arthur Miller is the author of numerous plays. A Pulitzer Prize winner, he has twice won the New York Drama Critics' Award and in 2001 received the National Book Award Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
Christopher Bigsby is professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. He edited the Penguin Classics editions of Miller's The Crucible, Death of a Salesman, and All My Sons.
The Portable Arthur Miller (Penguin Classics Series) FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Portable Arthur Miller is a rich cross section of sixty years of writing from one of this century's most influential and humane playwrights. This classic collection, completely updated by the author together with the preeminent Miller scholar Christopher Bigsby, contains in full the masterpieces The Crucible and Death of a Salesman, and is now expanded to include his most recent play, Broken Glass, which was awarded England's prestigious Olivier Award for Best Play of 1995, as well as three other complete plays and an excerpt from a radio drama thought lost for years. An essay by Harold Clurman recognizes Miller as one of the greatest playwrights America has produced, and Bigsby's introduction evaluates his place at the fore of twentieth-century literature.
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