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The Critical Response to Arthur Miller. Ed. Steven R. Centola and Michelle Cirulli. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2006.
Steven Centola and Michelle Cirulli break new ground in Arthur Miller studies with this impressive collection of essays. The Critical Response to Arthur Miller seems destined to become a staple resource for Miller scholars and teachers and an essential purchase for university library collections. The crucial strengths of the book are its breath and depth. Wide-ranging interpretations of Miller's illustrious works are incorporated from newspapers, scholarly journals, previously-published edited collections, and scholarly monograph chapters. The editors have selected representative essays which span approximately sixty years of Miller scholarship. The volume begins with the famous New York Times reviews of All My Sons and Death of a Salesman by Brooks Atkinson, whom Miller himself credited with jumpstarting...