Arthur Miller: Realism, Language, Poetry: Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American Literature

Chris Bigsby

doi:10.5871/bacad/9780197264775.003.0016

Arthur Miller: Realism, Language, Poetry: Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American Literature

Chris Bigsby

American Studies

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Abstract

This chapter presents the text of a lecture on works of American author Arthur Miller given at the British Academy's 2009 Sarah Tryphena Phillips Lecture in American Literature. This text attempts to explore Miller's supposed realism, his language, and his thirst for the poetic. It explains that though Miller may be one of the most distinguished playwrights America has produced, he is also one of the most criticised. His early canonical work was often treated with condescension or political disdain and he was dismissed by a number of influential American critics as prosaic, a simple realist.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the British Academy
Editors	Ron Johnston
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	498–513
Number of pages	16
Volume	167
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197264775.003.0016
Publication status	Published - 2011

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