Stone Tower: The Political Theater of Arthur Miller

Jeffrey D. Mason's Stone Tower sets out to enrich -- and challenge --traditional views of playwright Arthur Miller. While Miller has long been acclaimed as a social dramatist, this fresh appraisal clearly establishes him as an essentially political playwright. The book pays close attention not only to the public and private power relations in Miller's dramatic works but also in his nondramatic writings. Stone Tower begins with a detailed critique of Miller's 1956 testimony before the House ...