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Arthur Miller (1) (1915–2005)

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The son of a well-to-do New York Jewish family, Miller graduated from high school and then went to work in a warehouse. He was born on October 17, 1915, in Harlem, New York City. His plays have been called "political," but he considers the areas of literature and politics to be quite separate and visa mer has said, "The only sure and valid aim---speaking of art as a weapon---is the humanizing of man." The recurring theme of all his plays is the relationship between a man's identity and the image that society demands of him. After two years, he entered the University of Michigan, where he soon started writing plays. All My Sons (1947), a Broadway success that won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1947, tells the story of a son, home from the war, who learns that his brother's death was due to defective airplane parts turned out by their profiteering father. Death of a Salesman (1949), Miller's experimental yet classical American tragedy, received both the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1949. It is a poignant statement of a man facing himself and his failure. In The Crucible (1953), a play about bigotry in the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, Miller brings into focus the social tragedy of a society gone mad, as well as the agony of a heroic individual. The play was generally considered to be a comment on the McCarthyism of its time. Miller himself appeared before the Congressional Un-American Activities Committee and steadfastly refused to involve his friends and associates when questioned about them. His screenplay for The Misfits (1961), from his short story, was written for his second wife, actress Marilyn Monroe (see Vol. 3); After the Fall (1964) has clear autobiographical overtones and involves the story of this ill-fated marriage as well as further dealing with Miller's experiences with McCarthyism. In the one-act Incident at Vichy (1964), a group of men are picked off the streets one morning during the Nazi occupation of France. The Price (1968) is a psychological drama concerning two brothers, one a police officer, one a wealthy surgeon, whose long-standing conflict is explored over the disposal of their father's furniture. The Creation of the World and Other Business (1973) is a retelling of the story of Genesis, attempted as a comedy. The American Clock (1980) explores the impact of the Depression on the nation and its individual citizens. Among Miller's most recent works is Danger: Memory! (1987), a study of two elderly friends. During the 1980s, almost all of Miller's plays were given major British revivals, and the playwright's work has been more popular in Britain than in the United States of late. Miller died of heart failure after a battle against cancer, pneumonia and congestive heart disease at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 89 years old. (Bowker Author Biography) Arthur Miller, American playwright, was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City. He earned an AB from the University of Michigan and began to write plays while still a student. He won the first of his many awards, the Avery Hopwood Prize of the University of Michigan, for his first play, Honors at Dawn. This was followed by many other award-winning plays. One of the best-known of these, Death of a Salesman, won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1949 as well as a Drama Critics Circle Award; it continues to be one of the most frequently performed and adapted plays of this century. Some of his other titles include The Crucible, A View From the Bridge, The Misfits, After the Fall, and Vichy. Miller also wrote several travel pieces, including In Russia and Chinese Encounters (both in collaboration with his third wife, Ingeborg Morath); a novel, Focus; and the autobiography, Timebends: A Life. Arthur Miller was married to Mary Grace Slattery in 1940. They had two children and were divorced in 1952. In 1956, he married actress Marilyn Monroe and they divorced in 1961. He married Morath in 1962 and they have two children together. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Verk av Arthur Miller

Häxjakt (1953) — Författare — 15,250 exemplar
En handelsresandes död (1948) 12,106 exemplar
A View from the Bridge (1955) 1,082 exemplar
All My Sons (1947) 1,079 exemplar
Efter syndafallet (1964) 605 exemplar
Tidskurvor : ett liv (1987) 564 exemplar
The Portable Arthur Miller (1971) 406 exemplar
Focus (1945) 395 exemplar
An Enemy of the People (1950) 339 exemplar
The Price (1968) — Författare — 281 exemplar
Incident at Vichy [2016 TV movie] (1964) — Play — 252 exemplar
The Misfits (1961) — Författare — 159 exemplar
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan (1991) 148 exemplar
Presence: Stories (2007) 134 exemplar
Broken Glass (1994) 132 exemplar
Plain Girl (1992) — Författare — 100 exemplar
Collected Plays 1964-1982 (2012) 98 exemplar
Collected Plays (1957) 97 exemplar
The Misfits [1961 film] (1961) — Screenwriter — 92 exemplar
Playing for Time (1985) 74 exemplar
The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays (2015) — Författare — 73 exemplar
I Don't Need You Any More (1967) — Författare — 71 exemplar
Danger: Memory! (1986) 61 exemplar
Collected Plays 1987-2004 (2015) 54 exemplar
The Man Who Had All the Luck (1940) 53 exemplar
Resurrection Blues (2002) 52 exemplar
Death of a Salesman [1985 TV movie] (1985) — Screenwriter — 51 exemplar
The Misfits, story of a shoot (1672) 50 exemplar
The American Clock (1980) 49 exemplar
The Crucible: A Screenplay (1996) 45 exemplar
The Last Yankee (1991) 44 exemplar
Chinese Encounters (1979) 43 exemplar
Mr. Peters' Connections (1998) — Författare — 38 exemplar
Salesman in Beijing (1984) 36 exemplar
The Archbishop's Ceiling (1977) 33 exemplar
A Memory of Two Mondays (1955) 33 exemplar
The Last Yankee & Broken Glass (1994) 27 exemplar
In Russia (1969) 24 exemplar
Jane's Blanket (1963) 20 exemplar
Hexenjagd: Der Tod Des Handlungsreisenden (1960) — Författare — 17 exemplar
Some Kind of Love Story (1983) 13 exemplar
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1986) 13 exemplar
Playing for Time [1980 film] (1980) — Writer — 12 exemplar
Teatro 11 exemplar
Drámák (1974) 11 exemplar
Everybody Wins: A Screenplay (1984) 10 exemplar
Teatro reunido (2015) 8 exemplar
Elegy For a Lady. (1982) 7 exemplar
Plays : one (1986) 6 exemplar
Muerte de un viajante (pdf) (2015) 5 exemplar
Collected Plays: v. 1 (1974) 5 exemplar
Final Edition (1981) 4 exemplar
Everybody Wins [1990 film] (2005) — Writer — 4 exemplar
Collected plays, 1944-1961 (2011) 4 exemplar
Teatro (La muerte de un viajante, Todos eran mis hijos) (1959) — Författare — 3 exemplar
Stücke 1 (2009) 3 exemplar
Enchanté de vous connaître (Pavillons poche) (2013) — Författare — 2 exemplar
Pascal Covici, 1888-1964 (1964) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Widerhall der Zeit : Essays (2003) 2 exemplar
Dramak 1 exemplar
The Misfits 1 exemplar
Bulldog [short story] (1983) 1 exemplar
Situation Normal 1 exemplar
I Kina (1979) 1 exemplar
TDR #177 1 exemplar
Miller Arthur 1 exemplar

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Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number (1980) — Förord, vissa utgåvor469 exemplar
Six Great Modern Plays (1956) — Bidragsgivare — 468 exemplar
The Best American Short Stories 2002 (2002) — Bidragsgivare — 462 exemplar
Telling Tales (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 344 exemplar
Literature: The Human Experience (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 338 exemplar
24 Favorite One Act Plays (1958) — Bidragsgivare — 283 exemplar
Famous American Plays of the 1940s (1900) — Bidragsgivare — 232 exemplar
The Best American Essays 1999 (1999) — Bidragsgivare — 184 exemplar
Masterpieces of the Drama (1966) — Bidragsgivare — 178 exemplar
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 159 exemplar
Writers at Work 03 (1967) — Interviewee — 142 exemplar
Granta 78: Bad Company (2002) — Bidragsgivare — 135 exemplar
New voices in the American theatre (1955) — Bidragsgivare — 114 exemplar
Telling Tales and Other New One-Act Plays (1993) — Bidragsgivare — 113 exemplar
One Act: Eleven Short Plays of the Modern Theater (1961) — Bidragsgivare — 106 exemplar
The Crucible [1996 film] (1997) — Original play — 93 exemplar
Great Esquire Fiction (1983) — Bidragsgivare — 70 exemplar
Best American Plays: Third Series, 1945-1951 (1952) — Bidragsgivare — 69 exemplar
Contemporary Drama: 15 Plays (1959) — Bidragsgivare — 69 exemplar
The Jewish Writer (1998) — Bidragsgivare — 52 exemplar
Contemporary Drama - 11 Plays (1956) — Bidragsgivare — 46 exemplar
Modern and Contemporary Drama (1958) — Bidragsgivare — 43 exemplar
Best American Plays: Fourth Series, 1951-1957 (1958) — Bidragsgivare — 42 exemplar
In Search of the Simple Life: American Voices, Past and Present (1986) — Bidragsgivare — 35 exemplar
Cuba on the Verge: An Island in Transition (2003) — Efterord — 34 exemplar
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] (1969) — Bidragsgivare — 33 exemplar
14 great plays (1977) — Bidragsgivare — 31 exemplar
A Treasury of the Theatre: From Henrik Ibsen to Eugène Ionesco (1960) — Bidragsgivare — 30 exemplar
The Best American Short Stories 1967 (1967) — Bidragsgivare — 28 exemplar
The Best American Political Writing 2002 (2002) — Bidragsgivare — 27 exemplar
Best American Plays: 7th Series, 1967-1973 (1975) — Bidragsgivare — 24 exemplar
America on Stage : Ten Great Plays of American History (1976) — Bidragsgivare — 22 exemplar
Inge Morath: The Road to Reno (2006) — Efterord, vissa utgåvor21 exemplar
Death of a Salesman [1966 TV movie] (1966) — Original play — 13 exemplar
The Best American Short Stories 1962 (1962) — Bidragsgivare — 12 exemplar
The Best American Short Stories 1960 (1960) — Bidragsgivare — 11 exemplar
Brooklyn Bridge [1981 TV episode] (2004) — Berättare — 10 exemplar
Mystery in the Mainstream: An Anthology of Literary Crimes (1986) — Bidragsgivare — 9 exemplar
Focus [2001 movie] (2002) 6 exemplar
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 4 — Bidragsgivare — 4 exemplar
All My Sons [1987 TV movie] — Original play — 2 exemplar
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 3 — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
After the Fall [1974 TV movie] — Original play — 1 exemplar
32 Współczesne Opowiadania Amerykańskie - Tom I — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar

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How easy the words of others can conform people to believe and think things to be truth. We see this daily in modern times. While it may not be hangings, there is a form of “witch hunts” that happen.

I have found that I am not a fan of reading plays.
 
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mybookloveobsession | 157 andra recensioner | Mar 12, 2024 |
I can't decide if I didn't like this play cause the story is frustrating or cause the play is dumb. Either way I didn't like it, so I guess it doesn't really matter why
 
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bookonion | 157 andra recensioner | Mar 10, 2024 |
Things really get bogged down in the middle third of the book, Miller is just repeating himself endlessly about getting the actors to "be real". The choice was either to fail to finish reading the book, or just skip pages until it got to the previews and opening night. I chose the later, for both closure and out of curiosity, and I'm glad I did.
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blueskygreentrees | Feb 4, 2024 |
This is the second time I've read this and this time I read it in 2 days. An important work about the American dream, capitalism, and the curses we unknowingly pass onto our children.
 
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stargazerfish0 | 115 andra recensioner | Jan 13, 2024 |

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Verk
155
Även av
55
Medlemmar
37,419
Popularitet
#488
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
395
ISBN
795
Språk
24
Favoritmärkt
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