Christopher Bigsby Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

A lot of things happened in 1937. The Golden Gate Bridge opened and the New York Yankees won the World Series. Amelia Earhart went missing and the Hindenberg fell out of the sky. In Flint, Michigan, though, there was a strike by General Motors workers, a strike marked by violence. Watching this was a young girl of fourteen whose mother was dying. But a bad year became worse. Kidnapped by a gang of men she is taken into the heart of a particular darkness only to escape, pursued by still others. Looking back from the age of sixteen she tries to make sense of what has happened and the violence she has witnessed. It is now 1939 and across the Atlantic another kind of violence is born. This is the story of a young girl growing up and of a world that she discovers can be unforgiving.

Exploring the representation of the Holocaust, this book delves into how it has been portrayed in both theatre and fiction. It examines the various interpretations and memories associated with this historical tragedy, highlighting the artistic responses that shape public understanding and remembrance. Through a critical analysis of different works, the study reveals the complexities of conveying such profound themes in creative mediums.

Im Frühjahr 1948 zog sich Arthur Miller in eine Blockhütte in Connecticut zurück, mit den ersten beiden Zeilen eines neuen Stücks bereits im Kopf. Sechs Wochen später kam er mit dem endgültigen Skript von Tod eines Handlungsreisenden hervor - einer schmerzhaften Untersuchung des amerikanischen Lebens und des Konsumismus. Das Stück feierte im folgenden Jahr Premiere am Broadway und veränderte den Verlauf des modernen Theaters. In der Schaffung von Willy Loman, seinem destruktiv unsicheren Anti-Helden, definierte Miller selbst sein Ziel als 'darzustellen, was passiert, wenn ein Mann keinen Halt an den Kräften des Lebens hat'.