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A lifetime's worth of collected essays from America's greatest playwright 'Like the varying depth of a lens, the mind bends the light passing through it quite differently according to age'. This superb volume gathers together fifty essays by one of the most influential literary, cultural and intellectual voices of our time. Arranged chronologically, these writings take the reader on a whirlwind tour of modern history: the Nazi war crimes trials, Vietnam, Watergate, the Balkan conflict and even President Clinton's infamous liaison with Monica Lewinsky. From his personal experience, Miller writes passionate discourses on censorship and the death penalty as well as Swiftian satire on the McCarthy witch-hunts, records his meeting with Nelson Mandela and assesses the lasting impact of the Depression on an American generation. Yet here also is Miller in meditative and even playful mood, evoking the subtle pleasures of gardening, or remembering the Brooklyn full of characters and practical jokers where he grew up, or wryly recounting the Mafia kidnap experience that never was. A humane, wise and powerful commentary on our age, Echoes Down the Corridor is also a record of the private man - as well as the playwright, poet and philosopher - who has created some of the most abiding dramatic and literary masterpieces in the English language. Reflections on art, theatre, life and politics by one of the greatest writers of our time Sales of Miller's works published by Methuen exceed 1 million copies. Miller's plays continue to be performed worldwide.
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American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller's autobiography, Timebends: A Life was published in 1987.
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- PublisherMethuen Publishing Ltd
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0413756807
- ISBN 13 9780413756800
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages448
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