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Having made his reputation in the 1940s and ‘50s, Arthur Miller continued to write into the twenty-first century, producing his final play in 2004, the year before his death. With little critical, academic, or theatrical attention being paid to his plays after 1968’s The Price, he had one of the longest “late” periods in literary history.
This book brings new attention to Miller’s writing from this period, analysing 5 plays—The Archbishop’s Ceiling, Some Kind of Love Story, Clara and The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Resurrection Blues—and a host of essays to highlight the influence of postmodernism on his work. Using relevant novels and films, these plays are situated within the context of their cultural moments to show that Miller remained an engaged, aware, and contemporary writer until his death.
This book brings new attention to Miller’s writing from this period, analysing 5 plays—The Archbishop’s Ceiling, Some Kind of Love Story, Clara and The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Resurrection Blues—and a host of essays to highlight the influence of postmodernism on his work. Using relevant novels and films, these plays are situated within the context of their cultural moments to show that Miller remained an engaged, aware, and contemporary writer until his death.
Price: $114.00
Pages: 198
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Costerus New Series
Publication Date:
26 June 2025
ISBN: 9789004692985
Format: Hardcover
"This volume might well be called a triple threat, as Leinster not only offers insightful exegeses of several lesser-known Miller plays, but in doing so presents a compelling analysis of the United States' decades-long slide into the moral ambiguity of the 2020s and provides an accessible historical account of the development of a postmodern literary aesthetic."
Susan C. W. Abbotson in The Tennessee Williams Annual Review, 24 (2026), 219-223.
Susan C. W. Abbotson in The Tennessee Williams Annual Review, 24 (2026), 219-223.
Ciarán Leinster received his Ph.D. in North American Literature and Culture from the University of Seville. He has worked in four higher education institutions in Dublin, and published articles, interviews, and reviews, and an annotated student edition of Arthur Miller’s The Last Yankee.