This guide lists selected sources for library criticism of "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller

Reference Books

• Contemporary Literary Criticism, (Ref PN 771 .C59) Volume(s):
  • 1: 216-219; 2: 278-280
  • 6: 326-337; 10: 342-344;
  • 15: 370-374, 376; 26: 310-324, 327;
  • 47: 250-251, 253-255;
  • 78: 288-290, 293, 295, 297-299, 301-302, 305-306, 309, 311-313, 318, 324-325, 328 ;
  • 179: 144-244
• Drama Criticism, (Ref PN 1601 .D59) Volume(s):
  • 1: 294-326, 328-330, 333-334
  • 31: 60-63, 67, 83, 85, 91,140, 157-58, 190, 200
• Drama for Students (Ref PN 1671 .D73) Volume(s):
  • 1: 61-78
• Masterplots, Revised Second Edition (Ref PN 44 .M33 1996) Volume(s):
  • 3: 1558-1561

Biographical Information (Reference Collection)

• American Writers, Vol. 4 (Ref PS 129 .A55)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century American Playwrights (Ref PS 21 .D5 vol. 7)

General Collection Books (may be checked out)

• Abbotson, Susan C. W.. Student Companion to Arthur Miller. (PS 525 I5156 Z5116 2000)
• Bigsby, Christopher, ed. Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller (PS 3525 .I5156 .Z548 1997)
• Bloom, Harold, ed. Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.' (PS 3525 .I5156 D4335 1988)
• Bloom, Harold, ed. Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.' Modern Critical Interpretations series) (PS 3525 .I5156 D4335 2004)
• Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Critical Views: Arthur Miller. (PS 3525 .I5156 Z514 1987) (See index)
• Bloom, Harold, ed. Willy Loman. (Major Literary Characters series) (PS 3525 .I5156 D4387 2005)
• Corrigan, Robert W., ed. Arthur Miller: A Collection of Critical Essays. (PS 3525 .I5156 Z6)
• Essinger, C. E. 'Focus on Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman': The Wrong Dreams," in American Dreams, American Nightmares. Ed. David Madden. (PS 221 .M25) (pp. 165-174)
• Huftel, Sheila. Arthur Miller: the Burning Glass. (PS 3525 .I5156 Z7) (pp. 103-123)
• Lerner, Alicia Cafferty. Suicide in Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.' (PS 3525 .I5156 S942 2008)
• Martine, James J., ed. Critical Essays on Arthur Miller. (PS 3525 .I5156 Z62)
• Moss, Leonard. Arthur Miller. (PS 3525 .I5156 Z77) (pp. 45-59)
• Murphy, Brenda and Susan C. W. Abbotson. Understanding 'Death of a Salesman': A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. (PS 3525 .I5156 .D4358 1999)
• Porter, Thomas E. Myth and Modern American Drama. (PS 351 .P6) (pp. 127-152)

E-Books

• Bloom, Harold. Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman': Bloom's Notes. New York: Chelsea House, 1996. eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).
• Bloom, Harold. Willy Loman: Major Literary Characters. New York: Chelsea House, 1991.eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).
• Roberts, James Lamar. Death of a Salesman: Notes. Lincoln, NE: Wiley, 1994.eBook Collection (EBSCOhost).

Online Resources (Reference Articles and Databases)

• Literature Resource Center
• Literature Criticism Online: Drama Criticism
• Literature Online

Articles

Use periodical databases, such as Academic Search Premier, Academic OneFile, MasterFILE Premier, and JSTOR for recent journal articles like those posted below.

• Cardullo, Bert. "Death of a Salesman, Life of a Jew: Ethnicity, Business, and the character of Willy Loman." Southwest Review 92.4 (2007): 583-596. [Academic Search Premier]
• Harrington, Gary. "Galloping Ghosts in 'Death of a Salesman.'" ANQ 19.1 (Winter, 2006): 58-59. [Academic Search Premier]
• Jacobson, Irving. "Family Dreams in 'Death of a Salesman.'" American Literature XLVII (1975): 247-258. [Academic Search Premier]
• Kernodle, George R. "The Death of the Little Man." Tulane Drama Review I (1956): 47-60.
• Lawrence, Stephen A. "The Right Dream in Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.'" College English XXV (1964):547-549. [JSTOR]
• Phelps, H.C. "Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.'" The Explicator 53.4 (1995):239 -. [MasterFILE Premier]
• Ribkoff, Fred. "Shame, Guilt Empathy, and the Search for Identity in Arthur Miller's 'Death of A Salesman.'" Modern Drama 43.1 (2000): 48-. [Academic Search Premier]
• Thompson, Terry W. "Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.'" Explicator 60.3 (2002): 162-63. [MasterFILE Premier]
• Zheng, Danqing. "Who Is To Blame for Willy Loman's Death? -- On Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman.'" Canadian Social Science 3.4 (2007): 25-29. [Academic OneFile]