Arthur Miller's death of a salesman
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Arthur Miller's death of a salesman
（Dialogue / edited by Michael J. Meyer, 3）
Rodopi, 2008
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Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, the third volume in the Dialogue series, covers six major and controversial topics dealing with Miller's classic play. The topics include feminism and the role of women in the drama, the American Dream, business and capitalism, the significance of technology, the legacy that Willy leaves to Biff, and Miller's use of symbolism. The authors of the essays include prominent Arthur Miller scholars such as Terry Otten and the late Steven Centola as well as young, emerging scholars. Some of the essays, particularly the ones written by the emerging scholars, tend to employ literary theory while the ones by the established scholars tend to illustrate the strengths of traditional criticism by interpreting the text closely. It is fascinating to see how scholars at different stages of their academic careers approach a given topic from distinct perspectives and sometimes diverse methodologies. The essays offer insightful and provocative readings of Death of a Salesman in a collection that will prove quite useful to scholars and students of Miller's most famous play.
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Acknowledgments
Preface from the General Editor
Essay Topics for Dialogue: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Eric J. STERLING: Introduction
Terry OTTEN: Linda Loman: "Attention must be paid"
L. Bailey MCDANIEL: Domestic Tragedies: The Feminist Dilemma in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Steven CENTOLA: Arthur Miller: Guardian of the Dream of America
Michelle NASS: Refocusing America's Dream
Juan Ignacio GUIJARRO-GONZALEZ and Ramon ESPEJO: Capitalist America in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman: A Re-consideration
Linda URANGA: Willy Loman and the Legacy of Capitalism
Paula Marantz COHEN: The Dynamo, the Salesman, and the Playwright
Craig N. OWENS: Mystifying the Machine: Staged and Unstaged Technologies in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Michael J. MEYER: In His Father's Image: Biff Loman's Struggle with Inherited Traits in Death of a Salesman
Deborah Cosier SOLOMON: The Emergence of Hope in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Luc GILLEMAN: "A little boat looking for a harbor": Sexual Symbolism in Arthur Millers's Death of a Salesman
Samantha BATTEN: Compensatory Symbolism in Miller's Death of a Salesman
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