A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller - All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, Broken Glass

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Arthur Miller provides the essential guide to Miller''s most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on five of Miller''s plays: Death of a Salesman, The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, All My Sons and Broken Glass. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether readers want a summary of the play, a commentary on the themes or characters, or a discussion of the work in performance, they can readily find what they need to develop their understanding and aid their appreciation of Miller''s artistry. A chronology of Miller''s life and work helps to situate his oeuvre in context and the introduction reinforces this by providing a clear overview of his writing, its recurrent themes and how these are intertwined with his life and times. For each play the author provides a summary of the plot, followed by commentary on: