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Understanding Death of a salesman : a student casebook to issues, sources, and historical documents

Author: Brenda Murphy; Susan C W Abbotson
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999.
Series: '">Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This collection of social, cultural, and historical documents and popular materials, with linking explanations and commentary, will help the reader to study the play in context of its time and cultural background. The collected materials are designed to work with the play to highlight inherent conflicts within American society which lie at the heart of 'Death of a Salesman, ' and to explore how the play affects and  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Study guides
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Murphy, Brenda, 1950-
Understanding Death of a salesman.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999
(OCoLC)648985804
Named Person: Arthur Miller; Arthur Miller; Arthur Miller; Arthur Miller
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Brenda Murphy; Susan C W Abbotson
ISBN: 0313304025 9780313304026
OCLC Number: 39182169
Description: xviii, 226 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: The significance of Death of a Salesman --
Cultural myths and values --
Economic interests and forces --
American business culture --
Family and gender expectations --
Sports and American life --
Death of a Salesman's impact on American culture.
Series Title: Greenwood Press "Literature in context" series.
Responsibility: Brenda Murphy and Susan C.W. Abbotson.

Abstract:

"This collection of social, cultural, and historical documents and popular materials, with linking explanations and commentary, will help the reader to study the play in context of its time and cultural background. The collected materials are designed to work with the play to highlight inherent conflicts within American society which lie at the heart of 'Death of a Salesman, ' and to explore how the play affects and is affected by social mores and beliefs. Salesmanship and the changing face of business, along with perceptions of sports, gender, and families, are explored through selections drawn from a rich variety of sources that provide forceful evidence of the play's influence. Documents include essays, articles, and fiction, which have created or explored the social expectations of a typical American family in the late 1940s; unusual selections such as a self-analysis chart, an obituary, and a diary, which help to trace the history of salesmanship from the nineteenth century to the present day; and advertisements, song lyrics, speeches, how-to books, and other readings that promote an interdisciplinary study of the play." "The material is organized to offer five views of the play and to analyze its impact on American culture in terms of 'Cultural Myths and values, ' 'Economic Interests and Forces, ' 'American Business Culture, ' 'Family and Gender Expectations, ' and 'Sports and American Life.' Each chapter concludes with a list of 'Study Questions, '; 'Topics for Written or Oral Exploration'; and 'Suggested Readings, ' which are expecially useful for teachers." SLJ.

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