- Corrupt practices, Aircraft industry, Fathers and sons, Drama
Set during World War II, a troubled father and son know that a second son will never return from the war, even though the mother believes her missing boy will soon come home. But such turmoil only conceals greater anguish as suspicion falls on the father for hiding a devastating secret.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Arthur Miller
- First published
- 1947
- Pages
- 85
- Publisher
- Heinemann Educ, Methuen Drama, Escelicer
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- English, Spanish, French
- ISBN
- 9780198438373
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Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century.
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