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Death of a Salesman Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Miller, Arthur (Author), Weales, Gerald (Editor)

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ISBN: 0140247734     ISBN-13: 9780140247732
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1996
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Annotation: The tragedy of a typical American--a salesman who at the age of sixty-three is faced with what he cannot face; defeat and disillusionment.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | American - General
- Literary Criticism | Drama
Dewey: 812.52
LCCN: 76051779
Series: Critical Library, Viking
Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.27" W x 7.58" L (0.67 lbs) 448 pages
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 5980
Reading Level: 6.2   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning tragedy of a salesman's deferred American dream, presented here with enlightening commentary and criticism

Willy Loman, the protagonist of Death of a Salesman, has spent his life following the American way, living out his belief in salesmanship as a way to reinvent himself. But somehow the riches and respect he covets have eluded him. At age 63, he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn, the moment of betrayal that undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed his relationship with Biff, the son in whom he invested his faith. Willy lives in a fragile world of elaborate excuses and daydreams, conflating past and present in a desperate attempt to make sense of himself and of a world that once promised so much.

Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theater. This Viking Critical Library edition of Death of a Salesman contains the complete text of the play, typescript facsimiles, and extensive critical and contextual material including:

  • Conflicting reviews about its opening night by Robert Garland, Harold Clurman, Eleanor Clark, and others
  • Five articles by Miller on his play, including Tragedy and the Common Man and his Introduction to Collected Plays
  • Critical essays by John Gassner, Ivor Brown, Joseph A. Hynes, and others
  • General essays on Miller by William Weigand, Allan Seager, and others
  • Analogous works by Eudora Welty, Walter D. Moody, Tennessee Williams, and Irwin Shaw
  • The stage designer's account, presented in selections from Designing for the Theatre by Jo Mielziner
  • An in-depth introduction by the editor, a chronology, a list of topics for discussion and papers, and a bibliography
 
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