num_pages: 448
description: Since it was first performed in 1949, Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about the tragic shortcomings of an American dreamer has been recognized as a milestone of the theatre. This Viking Critical Library edition of Death of a Salesman contains the complete text of the play, typescript facsimiles, and extensive critical and contextual material including:-Conflicting review about its opening night by Robert Garland, Harold Clurman, Eleanor Clark, and others-Five articles by Miller on his play, including "tragedy and the Common Man" and his "Introduction to Collected Plays"-Critical essays by John Gassner, Ivor Brown, Joseph A. Hynes, and others-General essays on Miller by William Weigand, Allan Seager, and others-Analogous works by Eudora Welty, Walter D. Moody, Tennessee Williams, and Irwin Shaw-The state designer's account, presented in selections from Designing for the Theatre by Jo Mielziner-An in-depth introduction by the editor, a chronology, a list of topics for discussion and papers, and a biography(back cover)
language: English
title: Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism
titlecomplete: Death of a Salesman: Text and Criticism
characters: Howard Wagner, Willy Loman, Ben Loman, Biff Loman, Happy Loman, Linda Loman
genres: Read For School, American, Theatre, School, Drama, Plays, Literature, High School, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 226692
places: New York City, New York
awards: awardedAt: -662659200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Drama, awardedAt: -662659200000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play
publisher: Penguin Books