A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller

About this book

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller provides the essential guide to Miller's most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on five of Miller's plays: All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, and Broken Glass. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether readers want a summary of the play, a commentary on the themes or characters, or a discussion of the work in performance, they can readily find what they need to develop their understanding and aid their appreciation of Miller's artistry. A chronology of Miller's life and work helps to situate his oeuvre in context, and the introduction reinforces this by providing a clear overview of his writing, its recurrent themes, and how these are intertwined with his life and times. For each play, the author provides a summary of the plot, followed by commentary on the context, themes, characters, structure and language, and the play in production—both on stage and screen adaptations; there are questions for further study and detailed notes on words and phrases in the text.