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100 1 $aBigsby, C. W. E.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79086840
245 10 $aArthur Miller :$b1915-1962 /$cChristopher Bigsby.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bHarvard University Press,$c2009.
300 $ax, 739 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [695]-701) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tFrom Harlem to Brooklyn -- $g2.$tMichigan -- $g3.$tBeginnings -- $g4.$tAll My Sons -- $g5.$tDeath of a Salesman -- $g6.$tThe Waldorf -- $g7.$tMarilyn -- $g8.$tThe Crucible -- $g9.$tA View from the Bridge -- $g10.$tHUAC -- $g11.$tMisfits -- $g12.$tInge.
520 1 $a"Arthur Miller was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over sixty years, writing a wide variety of plays - including The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, All My Sons, and Death of a Salesman - which are still performed, studied and lauded throughout the world. Born in 1915 to moderately affluent Jewish-American parents, Miller wrote during a fascinating time in American history. The Great Depression was a period of deprivation for many that left an indelible mark on the national psyche, and, like many, Miller found hope for the beleaguered common man in Communism. The Second World War elevated the common man to war hero, but when the Cold War subsequently began, the ugly elements of American conservatism freely persecuted writers and artists who had embraced Communism. Miller was among them. His refusal to give evidence against others to the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee in 1956 gave him a heroic role to play. In that same year, Arthur Miller momentously married the young actress Marilyn Monroe, a marriage that remains famous to this day. Christopher Bigsby's gripping, meticulously researched biography, based on boxes of papers made available to him before Miller's death, offers new insights into their marriage, and sheds new light on how their relationship informed Miller's subsequent great plays."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aMiller, Arthur,$d1915-2005.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79045521
650 0 $aDramatists, American$y20th century$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102399
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