The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays/Presence: Collected Stories/Collected Essays

In her foreword titled "Letter to a Young Playwright," Lynn Nottage explains why she was drawn to Miller's works, offers some salient comments about All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and A View from the Bridge, and remarks how all of Miller's plays deal with "imperfect men and embattled dreamers" She discusses in brief the influence of the House Un-American Activities Committee on Miller's ideas and canon and declares that "no other playwright of his era devoted as much time and care to dramatizing the anxieties, aspirations, and sacrifices made by men in pursuit of the elusive American dream" Collected Essays is organized into three sections labeled "On the Theater" "On His Works" and "On Society and Politics" Susan Abbotson, in a lucid introduction, explains and summarizes the focus of each section, paying particular attention to connect the facets of Miller's varying ideologies to the works and the political...