<Li> Kushner, Tony, ed . Arthur Miller, Collected Plays 1944--1961 (Library of America, 2006) ISBN 978 - 1 - 931082 - 91 - 4 . </Li> <Li> Martin, Robert A. (ed .), "The theater essays of Arthur Miller", foreword by Arthur Miller . NY: Viking Press, 1978 ISBN 0 - 14 - 004903 - 7 </Li> <P> Miller successfully synthesized diverse dramatic styles and movements in the belief that a play should embody a delicate balance between the individual and society, between the singular personality and the polity, and between the separate and collective elements of life . He thought himself a writer of social plays with a strong emphasis on moral problems in American society and often questioned psychological causes of behavior . He also built on the realist tradition of Henrik Ibsen in his exploration of the individual's conflict with society but also borrowed Symbolist and expressionist techniques from Bertolt Brecht and others . Some critics attempt to interpret his work from either an exclusively political or an exclusively psychological standpoint but fail to pierce the social veil that Miller creates in his work . Miller often stressed that society made his characters what they are and how it dictated all of their fears and choices . </P> <P> While Miller comes under criticism for his reputation, most critics note him as a dramatist of the family . One of his greatest strengths is his penetrating insight into familial relationships . Often, Miller positions his characters are living in service of their family . The conventions of the family play, such as patterns, setting, and style of representation were set canonically by Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Miller . In these plays, white men are privileged with their family and social responsibility; typically, these men are lower class . Miller maintained that family relationships and families must be immersed in social context . </P>

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