Echoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays 1944-2000 - Hardcover

Miller, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670893145 ISBN 13: 9780670893140

Publisher: Viking, 2000

Synopsis

A collection of the playwright's unpublished essays chronicle modern history from the Holocaust to the Watergate scandal, reflect his stance on controversial subjects, and explores his post-World War II experiences.

About this title

Synopsis:

This volume brings together 50 essays by one of the most influential, literary, cultural and intellectual voices of the post-war period. Arranged chronologically, the writings provide a whirlwind tour of modern history: the Nuremberg trials, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Balkan conflict and President Clinton's infamous liaison with Monica Lewinsky. Drawing on his own personal experience, Miller has written passionate discourses on censorship and the death penalty, as well as a Swiftian satire of the McCarthy Witch-Hunt trials. The book also provides an account of Miller's meeting with Nelson Mandela and an assessement of the lasting impact of the Depression on America. Yet also, here is Arthur Miller in a meditative, even playful, mood, evoking the subtle pleasures of gardening, or rembering the Brooklyn full of characters and practical jokers where he grew up.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0670893145
• ISBN 13: 9780670893140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Centola Steven R