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Allen Stockett
English 101 - Death of a Salesman

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Books & Media:

Use the CCBC Dundalk Library Catalog to find books about an author and criticisms of an author's work. (Hint: Use the author's last name in the subject search or do a keyword search type in the author's last name and criticism.) Resources at CCBC Dundalk Library:  Use the Literature Reference books in the library. They are in the REF P section. Some specific titles that might help with your research are:

Reference Books and research material with information on Arthur Miller and Death of a Salesman:
American Writers Ref PS 129.A55
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref PN 771 .C59
Dictionary of Literary Biography Ref PS 221 .D5
Drama Criticism Ref PN 1601.D59
Drama for Students. Ref PN 1707.D7

Critical essays on Arthur Miller PS3525.I5156Z62
Arthur Miller and Company PS3525 .I5156 Z46
Approaches to teaching Miller's Death of a salesman PS3525.I5156D432 1995 - Catonsville Circulating
Arthur Miller's death of a salesman [videorecording] : includes private conversations - Catonsville
Arthur Miller : his life and work PS3525.I5156 Z66 2003 Catonsville Circulating

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Use the Periodical Databases which include articles from magazines, journals and newspapers to find focused articles on your topic.
To access these databases go to Magazines, Journals & Newspaper page . Follow the instructions for off-campus access.

Use the Literature Databases page to find the best databases for finding articles on literature.
Below are a few of these databases:

  • Literature Resource Center by Gale is a good literary database with overview of works, criticism and information on individual authors.
  • LION - Literature Online is a literary database
  • Humanities International Complete Some Full text. Scholarly articles on literature, and more.
  • Proquest Direct has some literary articles. It includes a Humanities module and General Research module. Since Arthur Miller died recently you might also what to check Newspaper databases in Proquest.
  • Academic Search Elite has some literary articles and information on the author.

 Search tips: Literature Resource Center

  • Author search - last name of author, first name of author (Miller, Arthur) - go to Literary criticism tab
  • Keyword search - author's last name and title in quotes (Miller and "Death of a Salesman ")
  • Keyword search - author's last name, title of story in quotes and topic of research (Miller and "Death of a Salesman and tragedy")
  • Additional resources tab - might include web pages and additional resources

 Search tips: LION

  • Author search - author's last name, and author's first name (Miller, Arthur)
  • Keyword search - Title of of play in quotes and if needed author's last name ("Death of a Salesman")
  • Keyword search - author's last name, title of story in quotes and topic of research (Miller and "Death of a Salesman and tragedy")

 Research Tips :Top

How to Do Research - helpful link on research
How to Write a Research Paper - From OCLC Hot Topics - June 5, 2002
Citing Sources -Make sure you use the correct citation for your research material.
MLA guide in pdf
MLA Style from University of British Columbia Library
Plagiarism - Make sure you do not plagiarize

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Use Evaluative Web Guides, such as Librarians' Internet Index to find web sites on a general topic.
The Intute , an evaluative web guide, is from England. It has a free, "teach yourself" tutorial. There is one on English Literature. Use the tour to see the different web sites that might help you.
Use Search Engines , such as Google to focus your search for web sites.
To get better results connect your terms with the Boolean term "and" (ex:criticism and Miller,) or put quotes around a phrase (ex:"Death of a Salesman".)
Performing Precise Searches on web searching

Evaluate:

Evaluate your material for its relevance and authenticity. See evaluation criteria for web sites.

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Arthur Miller Files http://www.umich.edu/~amfiles/
Features some material by playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) from his time as a University of Michigan student, along with analysis of his published works, a biography, a chronology of his life, and links further online resources. Created by University of Michigan students "as a scholarly analysis of Arthur Miller's works."

The Arthur Miller Society Official Web Site http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/
The Web site for this organization presents details about the life and works of playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005). Features a chronology of his life, brief synopses of his works, and links to related articles and Web sites. Also includes a list of current productions of Miller's plays (such as "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible") in the United States.

New York Times featured author Arthur Miller http://partners.nytimes.com/books/00/11/12/specials/miller.html This page of the New York Times website 'Books' section, features archive material on the plays of Arthur Miller, published between 1944 and 2000. This is a rich resource for students and researchers interested in the plays in performance. It also offers insights into the author from his own writing, and that of critics. Performance reviews of 'The Man Who Had All The Luck', 'All My Sons', 'Death of A Salesman', 'The Crucible', and 'A View from the Bridge', amongst others, are included.

Arthur Miller:Lesson plans for The Crucible and other plays http://www.webenglishteacher.com/miller.html#Miller
Posted on the Web English Teacher. Links and lessons. A fairly comprehensive selection of other links here to sites that have Miller biography, and specific materials on Death of a Salesman, The Crucible and All My Sons—some of these contain some useful lesson plan material—especially the All My Sons study guide for GCSE level (that would be grade 8-10 in the US). I'm putting a link to this one on our lesson plans page too.

Arthur Miller Biography http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/miller/biography.html Includes interviews, lectures,appreciation, excerpts, and bibliography from the government National Endowments of the Humanities.

Miller Archives: University of Delaware library Special Collections Department. http://www.lib.udel.edu/ud/spec/findaids/miller_a.htm Richard Hoffman-Brooklyn theater collector and bookdealer, built the Arthur Miller Collection over a period of fifty years. Contains play scripts, screenplays, photographs, correspondence, financial documents, posters, flyers, periodicals, journals, theatre programs, news clippings, and ephemera. The collection is open for research, and you can check out a list of their holdings on-line.

Remembrances: American Playwright Arthur Miller Dies at 89 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4495305
Series of National Public Radio (NPR) stories on playwright Arthur Miller, who died in February 2005. Features tributes, pieces on Miller's works (such as "The Crucible" and "Death of a Salesman"), and related stories. Includes related Web links.

American Playwright Miller Dies http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4258065.stm
Feature about the February 2005 death of playwright Arthur Miller. Provides an obituary, photos, video clips from Miller's plays, a list of his works, quotes about Miller, and a tribute to Miller by playwright Harold Pinter. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

American Masters:Arthur Miller http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/miller_a.html
In the period immediately following the end of World War II, American theater was transformed by the work of playwright Arthur Miller. Profoundly influenced by the Depression and the war that immediately followed it, Miller tapped into a sense of dissatisfaction and unrest within the greater American psyche.

Curtain UpCurtain Up http://www.curtainup.com/miller.html offers an interesting site which is easy to navigate. It gives some basic background to Miller, but, most importantly, a whole collection of reviews of recent productions of Miller's plays in New York and Williamstown, MA. A useful study tool. Reviews listed toward bottom of page.

Brief excerpt from the preface of Leonard Moss' Arthur Miller http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/miller-intro.html Discusses Arthur Miller as a dramatist with his social and psychological perspective.

General Info http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/%7Eccarpen/Miller.htm Charles A. Carpenter has put together an excellent resource here which gives you a descriptive chronology of Miller's plays, theatrical career, and dramatic theories , and good starter bibliographies for both primary and secondary sources.

Oates Article http://jco.usfca.edu/arthurmiller.html Joyce Carol Oates's article on Death of a Salesman can be found on this Oates web page.

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap8/miller.html A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project by students at California State University. Includes links and biographical information.

The Crucible http://www.17thc.us/docs/fact-fiction.shtml Historian Margo Burns tries to separate the fact from the fiction in Miller's play, pointing out historical details which differ from Miller's artistic recreation of events. This is part of an historical site with an interest in 17th century colonist New England. Burns lists historical inaccuracies in The Crucible, and points to resources where these details can be confirmed.

Arthur Miller's The Crucible A listing of sources pertaining to the Salem Witch Trials, Arthur Miller's play.www.fcps.edu/westspringfieldhs/academic/english/1project/crucible/crucible.htm

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