Abstract
abstract
This essay reads Miller's adaptation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People in light shed by the Waldorf Conference and the Peekskill Riot, two events in 1949 that likely influenced Miller's use of Ibsen's material. Miller's personal experience, recounted in his memoir and in Bigsby's biography, helps account for some differences in tone, characterization, and stage images between Miller's and Ibsen's versions of the play.
Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press