{"product_id":"arthur-miller-american-witness","title":"Arthur Miller: American Witness","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eArthur Miller: American Witness\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Lahr\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780300234923\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eYale University Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e264\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller's dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Lahr's cogent analyses are revelatory. . . . He does not reduce the work to the life, but shows how it explains the life from which it emerges.\"--Willard Spiegelman, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e critic Lahr shines in this searching account of the life of playwright Arthur Miller. . . . It's a great introduction to a giant of American letters.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distinguished theater critic John Lahr brings unique perspective to the life of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), the playwright who almost single-handedly propelled twentieth-century American theater to a new level of cultural sophistication. Organized around the fault lines of Miller's life--his family, the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, Elia Kazan and the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Marilyn Monroe, Vietnam, and the rise and fall of Miller's role as a public intellectual--this book demonstrates the synergy between Arthur Miller's psychology and his plays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Concentrating largely on Miller's most prolific decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lahr probes Miller's early playwriting failures; his work writing radio plays during World War II after being rejected for military service; his only novel, \u003ci\u003eFocus\u003c\/i\u003e; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays that include \u003ci\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e, providing an original interpretation of Miller's work and his personality.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Arthur Miller: American Witness | John Lahr | Hardcover | 9780300234923 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1788688","offer_id":67857734041752,"sku":"1788688","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61aBGf0MvdL.jpg?v=1793495645","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/arthur-miller-american-witness","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}