{"product_id":"arthur-miller","title":"Arthur Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller's dramatic story to life with bold and revealing new insights\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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, \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\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.\"—\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinguished 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcentrating 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, \u003cem\u003eFocus\u003c\/em\u003e; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays that include \u003cem\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/em\u003e, providing an original interpretation of Miller's work and his personality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Lahr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42839094001725,"sku":"9780300276794","price":24.26,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780300276794_308d77ad-e2b5-4b51-953d-cff014e0df6b.jpg?v=1766954206","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/arthur-miller","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}