The bestselling author presents his inspirational classic that has inspired the lives of millions. This dramatic reading includes a special introduction for his listeners.
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Miller's 1949 Death of a Salesman has sold 11 million copies, and Willy Loman didn't make all those sales on a smile and a shoeshine. This play is the genuine article--it's got the goods on the human condition, all packed into a day in the life of one self-deluded, self-promoting, self-defeating soul. It's a sturdy bridge between kitchen-sink realism and spectral abstraction, the facts of particular hard times and universal themes. As Christopher Bigsby's mildly interesting afterword in this 50th-anniversary edition points out , Willy is closely based on the playwright's sad, absurd salesman uncle, Manny. Dedicated To pigeon45 :-)
An inquiry into the meaning of the American Dream, "Death of a Salesman" is Arthur Miller's most famous play and won him a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. 'Attention must be paid' to its lead character, Willy Loman (played over time by Lee J. Cobb, George C. Scott, Dustin Hoffman, and Brian Dennehy, among others), who has come to represent the middle-class struggle. Readers seeking in-depth analysis of this affecting drama will appreciate this fully updated "Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations" study.
Playwright Arthur Miller is best known for his works "A View from the Bridge", the "Crucible", "All My Sons", and the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Death of a Salesman". A powerful modern tragedy, "Death of a Salesman" helped usher in a new focus for the American stage - the struggles of the everyday man. Freshly revised and enhanced by a detailed chronology and bibliography, "Arthur Miller, New Edition" chronicles the life and works of a master storyteller whose enduring plays offer a potent critique of the dark side of the American dream.