Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)
by Arthur Miller

List Price: $12.00
Our Price: $3.40
You Save: $8.60 (72%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions

Book Summary Information

Book Reviews of Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)

Book Review: Superb look at the Human Condition
Summary: 5 Stars

Summary of Death of a Salesman (Penguin Plays)

The tragedy of Loman the all-American dreamer and loser works eternally, on the page as on the stage. A lot of plays made history around 1949, but none have stepped out of history into the classic canon as Salesman has. Great as it was, Tennessee Williams's work can't be revived as vividly as this play still is, all over the world. (This edition has edifying pictures of Lee J. Cobb's 1949 and Brian Dennehy's 1999 performances.) It connects Aristotle, The Great Gatsby, On the Waterfront, David Mamet, and the archetypal American movie antihero. It even transcends its author's tragic flaw of pious preachiness (which undoes his snoozy The Crucible, unfortunately his most-produced play).

No doubt you've seen Willy Loman's story at least once. It's still worth reading. --Tim Appelo

Miller, Arthur Books

• Literature & Fiction > Authors, A-Z > ( M )
• Drama > United States
• World Literature > United States > Classics > General