{"product_id":"arthur-miller-american-witness-paperback","title":"Arthur Miller: American Witness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Lahr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Lahr\u003c\/b\u003e has been a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e since 1991, where for twenty-one years he was its senior drama critic. He is the author of eighteen books, including \u003ci\u003eTennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. He is the first critic to win a Tony Award, for coauthoring \u003ci\u003eElaine Stritch at Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 7.97 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47459170484402,"sku":"9780300276794","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/4af44d0ece918a94d7a5c7707195de45.webp?v=1778899450","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/arthur-miller-american-witness-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}