Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0945774060 ISBN 13: 9780945774068

Publisher: Catbird Press, 1990

Synopsis

Capek's best plays, stories, and columns take us from the social contributions of clumsy people to dramatic meditations on mortality and commitment. The Reader includes a new and, at last, complete English translation of R.U.R., the play that introduced the literary robot.

About this title

About the Author:

Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. His first theatrical success occurred in 1947 with All My Sons, which earned him the Drama Critics Circle Award. In 1949, Death of a Salesman was given the Pulitzer Prize, the Drama Critics Circle Award and the Tony Award for Best Play. The Crucible won another Tony Award for Best Play four years later. His other plays include A View From the Bridge, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, Broken Glass and Mr. Peters' Connections. In 2001, he received The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award.Mr. Miller died on Feb. 10, 2005 at the age of 89.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Czech

About this edition

• Publisher: Catbird Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0945774060
• ISBN 13: 9780945774068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Kussi Peter