Arthur Miller

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 his way in the world and of the human flaws that lead to the shattering of his family and of their figurehead. Death of a Salesman is Miller's tragic masterpiece and considered one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949, the play remains a classic work of literature and drama that is studied and performed around the world.This new edition includes an introduction by Claire Conceison that explores the play's production history as well as the dramatic, thematic, and academic debates that surround it; a must-have resource for any student exploring Death of a Salesman.

Cuando Arthur Miller escribe y estrena en 1955 «Panorama desde el puente» es, sin duda, un autor ya consagrado tanto en Estados Unidos como en el resto del mundo. Una vez más, el dramaturgo norteamer

Quizá algo que nadie puede negarle a Arthur Miller es haber sido una de las grandes voces críticas del siglo XX, de los pocos que han sido consecuentes con la idea de que el teatro debe ser un lugar desde el que se renuevan y azotan conciencias y se analiza la manera en que vivimos. Pero Miller nunca recurre a sermones y convierte siempre la percepcion moral en forma dramatica a traves de personajes claramente individualizados. Testigo de excepcion de hechos importantes del siglo XX, la Gran Depresion de los años 30, la II Guerra Mundial, la Guerra Fria, el maccarthysmo, la guerra del Vietnam, el derrumbe del comunismo e incluso la caida de las Torres Gemelas, sobre todos ellos ha expresado su punto de vista desde la creacion dramatica o desde sus escritos teoricos o periodisticos. La muerte de un viajante esta unanimemente considerada la obra cumbre de Arthur Miller. La fuerza de la historia reside tanto en lo que cuenta como en la manera de contarlo. La obra nos relata las ultimas veinticuatro horas en la vida de un viajante de sesenta y tres años llamado Willy Loman, con un magistral retrato de unos personajes que, siendo portavoces de una epoca, son por encima de todo unicos y singulares, en una atmosfera onirica, inquietante y emotiva.

In this posthumous gathering of Miller's last published fiction, readers will find stories that appeared in "The New Yorker, Harper's, Esquire," and elsewhere. A moving, final collection of stories by Arthur Miller Throughout his career as one of the foremost playwrights of the twentieth century, Arthur Miller wrote a remarkable series of highly regarded short stories, pieces that reveal the same profound insight, humanism, and empathy that are the hallmarks of his great dramatic works. "Presence" is a posthumous gathering of Milleras last published fiction, a group of stories that appeared in "The New Yorker, Harperas, Esquire," and elsewhere. aBulldoga describes a young teenageras surprising first sexual experience while aPresencea relates a manas encounter with a woman he has just seen making love on a beach. aBeaversa tells a haunting tale of nature, creation, and destruction. In aThe Performance, a a Jewish tap dancer enthralls Hitler. aThe Bare Manuscripta reveals a writeras unusual methods to revive his muse, and, finally, aThe Turpentine Stilla presents a portrait of a man examining his legacy. Displaying the sureness of an artist in his autumnal prime, "Presence" is a gift that all fans of Milleras work, as well as readers of contemporary fiction, will welcome.

A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares the prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew.

En paral·lel a la seva reconeguda carrera de dramaturg, Arthur Miller va escriure al llarg de tota la seva vida diverses series de relats curts, peces que revelen el mateix humanisme i coneixement del mon de les seves obres dramatiques.aLa presencia es un recull inedit de les seves darreres peces de ficcio i ofereix un mosaic de personatges inoblidables que inexplicablement es transformen. Tots i cadascun dels contes son, a la seva manera, una celebracio de la redempcio davant de l'amor. En la seva prosa inimitable descobrim el millor Arthur Miller, un Miller profund i rosegat per la nostalgia.a

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Death of a Salesman is Miller's tragic masterpiece and one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1949, the play remains a classic work of literature and drama that is studied and performed around the world. This critical edition offers a wealth of authoritative and helpful commentary by one of the leading international Miller scholars. Prepared in consultation with the author's estate, it is the definitive edition of the work.Willy Loman is an ageing travelling salesman haunted and driven 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 his way in the world and of the human flaws that lead to the shattering of his family and of their idol.This Student Edition features an extensive introduction by Enoch Brater which makes it the perfect edition for students of literature and drama. It includes a chronology of Miller's life and times; a summary of the plot, commentary on the characters, themes, language and context, a production history of the play and questions for further study.

The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraftand then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village.First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witch-hunting, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater ever can.