Suicide in Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman / Alicia Cafferty Lerner and Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, book editors.

Contributor Lerner, Alicia Cafferty.

Imprint:Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008.

Description199 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Background on Arthur Miller -- Suicide and Death of a salesman -- Contemporary perspectives on suicide.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-192) and index.

Note:Presents essays that examine the treatment of suicide in "Death of a Salesman," discussing such topics as alienation, the lack of meaning in contemporary industrial society, and the power of the American Dream.

Note:Each volume of Social Issues in Literature explores a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue reflected in it, and features carefully-selected content representing a variety of perspectives, and includes biographical and critical information about the author, secondary excerpts offering both historical and contemporary views of the highlighted social issue, a timeline of the author's life, and a "For Further Reading" section.

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