MICHIGAN QUARTERLY REVIEW
ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL ISSUE FOR THE FALL OF 1998
ON THE OCCASION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
DEATH OF
A
SALESMAN
ARTHUR MILLER
Symposium:
21 eminent playwrights comment on their experience of
Death of
a
Salesman
and Miller's life and work.
Plus
a new interview
with Arthur Miller about the play
Plays:
Two previously untranslated theatrical sketches by Anton
Chekhov; scenes from a play by Robert Hayden about Harriet
Tubman ; a new one-act play by Arthur Miller
Essays:
John Barth , "Further Questions?" (The Hopwood Lecture,
1998); Christopher Bigsby, "Arthur Miller: Poet"; Enoch Brater,
"Arthur Miller: The British and American Perspectives"; Laurence
Goldstein, "The Fiction of Arthur Miller" ; Brenda Murphy, "Willy
Loman : Icon of Business Culture"; Gerald Weales, "Arthur Miller in the
1950s"
Fiction and Poetry:
Short stories by Linda Bamber and Nina Kossman
on themes of theatricality; new poems on subjects pertinent to Miller's
life and work by Michael Blumenthal, Jennifer Compton, Philip C.
Kolin, David Lehman , Eugenio Montale. Nicolette Nicola, Larissa
Szporluk, Baron Wormser, Jody A. Zorgdrager
Graphics:
A 16-page portfolio of photographs, many of Arthur Miller,
with an artist's preface, by Inge Morath
Reviews:
Michael Szalay on new books about salesmanship, the
consumer culture, and Cultural Studies; Richard Tillinghast on the
poetry of Hopwood Award winners Anne Stevenson and Nancy Willard;
Robert Vorlicky on the contemporary American stage
For a copy of the Fall issue, send a check for
seven dollars (includes postage and handling) to:
Michigan Quarterly Review, University of Michigan
3032 Rackham Bldg. , Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070
