Death of a Salesman
$16.92
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2022
Summary
Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.
Willy Loman is an ageing travelling salesman haunted, driven and yet held back by empty dreams of prosperity and success. Justly celebrated as one of the most famous dramatisations of the failure of the American Dream, the play’s moral and political purpose is perfectly counterbalanced by a powerful and moving human drama of a man trying to make h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350245013 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350245011 |
| Author: | Arthur Miller, Professor Claire Conceison, Susan Abbotson |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Methuen Drama |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 146g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 128mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Student Editions |
| Audience Age: | 13 |
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Critics Review
[The book has] extensive but not daunting information under headings such as Historical and Social Context, Genres and Themes and Performance History, among other aspects. It’s clearly and accessibly written. * Ink Pellet: The Arts Magazine for Teachers *
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was arguably the greatest American playwright of the twentieth century. His most famous works for the stage include Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, All My Sons, and A View from the Bridge. Six volumes of his plays and a volume of his theatre essays are published by Methuen Drama.
Claire Conceison is Quanta Professor of Chinese Culture and Professor of Theater Arts at MIT. She is a scholar, translator, and director. Her publications include the books Significant Other: Staging the American in China (2004); Ying Ruocheng’s autobiography Voices Carry: Behind Bars and Backstage During China’s Revolution and Reform (2009); the anthology I Love XXX and Other Plays by Meng Jinghui (2017); and the introduction to ‘Death of a Salesman’ in Beijing (2015), a new edition of Arthur Miller’s 1984 book ‘Salesman’ in Beijing. She is a contributor to the volume Arthur Miller for the Twenty-First Century (2020).
Susan C. W. Abbotson (series editor) is Professor of Dramatic Literature at Rhode Island College, USA.
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