{"product_id":"stone-tower-jeffrey-d-mason-9780472116508","title":"Stone Tower: The Political Theater of Arthur Miller","description":"\u003cp\u003eJeffrey D. Mason's \u003ci\u003eStone Tower\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStone Tower\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a detailed critique of Miller's 1956 testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and of his published essays on topics ranging from Nazism to the contested presidential election of 2000. Mason moves on to explore Miller's dramatic works, presenting \u003ci\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e as plays that stage the political in personal terms, then offering \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Archbishop's Ceiling\u003c\/i\u003e as explorations of the personal in political terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book provides invaluable insights on Miller's theatrical response to the Holocaust in \u003ci\u003eIncident at Vichy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlaying for Time\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAfter the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e. It offers revealing analyses of Miller's treatment of women throughout his plays and aspects of male domination in \u003ci\u003eThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e. Mason concludes with Miller's late satire \u003ci\u003eResurrection Blues\u003c\/i\u003e as evidence that the playwright's mistrust of authority and social power remained unresolved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith attention to staging issues, social history, and dramatic analysis, the book explores the impact of this canonical American dramatist, breaks new ground in Miller studies, and suggests the deeper implications and extensive engagement of the American theater of the latter twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStone Tower\u003c\/i\u003e opens up new territory in Miller studies by exploring the political impact of this canonical American dramatist. This book should be useful to theater scholars and students, as well as readers who want to familiarize themselves with Miller's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey D. Mason is Professor of Theater and Dance and Dean of the College of Arts and Letters at California State University, Sacramento. His previous books include \u003ci\u003ePerforming America: Cultural Nationalism in American Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with J. Ellen Gainor) and \u003ci\u003eMelodrama and the Myth of America\u003c\/i\u003e, which received an honorable mention for the Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An imaginative study of a major figure and one of the first really thoughtful treatments of Miller since his death . . . a significant addition to the literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e---Barry Witham, University of Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey D. Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472116509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472116508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/14\/2008 pg. 22","brand":"Jeffrey D. Mason","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072295891199,"sku":"9780472116508","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c9e03d9-fec8-483d-87fa-aad790fcef38.jpg?v=1685441109","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stone-tower-jeffrey-d-mason-9780472116508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}