{"product_id":"arthur-miller-collected-plays-vol-1-19441961-loa-163-isbn-9781931082914","title":"Arthur Miller: Collected Plays Vol. 1 1944-1961 (LOA #163)","description":"“Miller takes his rightful place in The Library of America with this volume.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the inaugural volume of its collected edition of Miller’s plays, The Library of America gathers the works from the 1940s and 1950s that electrified theatergoers and established Miller as one of the indispensable voices of the postwar era. Among the plays included are \u003ci\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of an industrialist confronted with his moral lapses during World War II; \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e, the wrenching tragedy of Willy Loman’s demise; \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e, at once a riveting reconstruction of the Salem witch trials and a parable of McCarthyism; and \u003ci\u003eA View from the Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, Miller’s tale of betrayal among Italian immigrants in Brooklyn, presented here in both the original one-act and revised two-act versions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume also contains the intriguing early drama \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Had All the Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, the first of Miller’s plays to be produced on Broadway, along with his adaptation of Ibsen’s \u003ci\u003eAn Enemy of the People\u003c\/i\u003e, the autobiographical one-act \u003ci\u003eA Memory of Two Mondays\u003c\/i\u003e, and Miller’s novella \u003ci\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the screenplay he wrote for Marilyn Monroe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003cb\u003eArthur Miller\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City in 1915 and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include \u003cb\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/b\u003e (1947), \u003cb\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/b\u003e (1949), \u003cb\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/b\u003e (1953), \u003cb\u003eA View from the Bridge\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eA Memory of Two Mondays\u003c\/b\u003e (1955), \u003cb\u003eAfter the Fall\u003c\/b\u003e (1963), \u003cb\u003eIncident at Vichy\u003c\/b\u003e (1964), \u003cb\u003eThe Price\u003c\/b\u003e (1968), \u003cb\u003eThe Creation of the World and Other Business\u003c\/b\u003e (1972) and \u003cb\u003eThe American Clock\u003c\/b\u003e. He has also written two novels, \u003cb\u003eFocus\u003c\/b\u003e (1945), and \u003cb\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/b\u003e, which was filmed in 1960, and the text for \u003cb\u003eIn Russia\u003c\/b\u003e (1969), \u003cb\u003eChinese Encounters\u003c\/b\u003e (1979), and \u003cb\u003eIn the Country\u003c\/b\u003e (1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. More recent works include a memoir, \u003cb\u003eTimebends\u003c\/b\u003e (1987), and the plays \u003cb\u003eThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e (1991), \u003cb\u003eThe Last Yankee\u003c\/b\u003e (1993), \u003cb\u003eBroken Glass\u003c\/b\u003e (1993), which won the Olivier Award for Best Play of the London Season, and \u003cb\u003eMr. Peter's Connections\u003c\/b\u003e (1998). His latest book is \u003cb\u003eOn Politics and the Art of Acting\u003c\/b\u003e. Miller was granted with the 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532124336357,"sku":"NP9781931082914","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781931082914.jpg?v=1773182736","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/arthur-miller-collected-plays-vol-1-19441961-loa-163-isbn-9781931082914","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}