{"product_id":"arthur-miller-american-witness-by-john-lahr","title":"Arthur Miller: American Witness by John Lahr","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFocus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; and his succession of award-winning and canonical plays that include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, providing an original interpretation of Miller’s work and his personality.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"ING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53361846518069,"sku":"pgt1787285378288","price":18.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/arthur-miller-american-witness-by-john-lahr_1.jpg?v=1787285383","url":"https:\/\/trelivora.com\/products\/arthur-miller-american-witness-by-john-lahr","provider":"trelivora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}