Arthur MillerHarold Bloom 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. Including a bibliography, this work chronicles the life and works of a master storyteller whose enduring plays offer a potent critique of the dark side of the American dream. |
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The Wooster Group Arthur Miller and The Crucible | 23 |
All My Sons and Paternal Authority | 39 |
unhappy confessions in The Crucible | 57 |
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