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Christopher Bigsby

Author of Scribbling Women: Short Stories by 19th-Century American Women

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About the Author

Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia, and Director of the Arthur Miller Centre for American Studies.

Includes the names: C. W. E. Bigsby, Christopher Bigsby, Christopher Bigsby, Christopher (ed. Bigsby, Christopher W. E. Bigsby, Christopher W. E. Bigsby, Christopher William Edgar Bigsby

Works by Christopher Bigsby

Scribbling Women: Short Stories by 19th-Century American Women (1997) — Consultant editor — 49 copies
Beautiful Dreamer: A Novel (2002) 44 copies, 2 reviews
Arthur Miller (2008) 44 copies
Hester (1994) 38 copies
The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture (2006) 36 copies
The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller (1997) 32 copies
The Cambridge Companion to David Mamet (2004) 25 copies
Contemporary American Playwrights (2000) 24 copies
The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson (2007) 24 copies
Modern American Drama, 1945-2000 (2000) 23 copies
The Cambridge History of American Theatre Volume 1 (1998) — Editor — 23 copies
The Black American Writer: Volume 1: Fiction (Pelican) (1971) 22 copies
Dada and Surrealism (Critical Idiom) (1972) 16 copies
A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 1, 1900-1940 (1982) 15 copies
Edward Albee: A Collection of Critical Essays (1969) 13 copies
Nineteenth-Century American Short Stories [Everyman's Library] (1995) — Editor — 13 copies
A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 3, Beyond Broadway (1985) 13 copies
Remembering and Imagining the Holocaust: The Chain of Memory (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre) (2006) 12 copies
Arthur Miller, 1962-2005 (2011) 12 copies
Arthur Miller and Company (1989) 12 copies
The Black American Writer: Volume 2: Poetry and Drama (A Pelican Book) (1971) 11 copies
A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Volume 2, Williams, Miller, Albee (1984) 10 copies
Remembering Arthur Miller (Biography and Autobiography) (2005) 7 copies
The call of the wild and other stories (Phoenix Short Stories) (1998) — Editor — 7 copies
Viewing America: Twenty-First-Century Television Drama (2013) 6 copies
Modern American Drama, 1945-1990 (1992) 6 copies
Arthur Miller: A Critical Study (2004) 6 copies
Neil LaBute stage and cinema (2007) 5 copies
Approaches to Popular Culture (1976) 5 copies
Confrontation and commitment; a study of contemporary American drama 1959-66 (1966) 4 copies
Death of a Salesman 4 copies, 1 review
Writers in Conversation: v. 2: With Christopher Bigsby (2001) 4 copies
Pearl: A Romance (1995) 3 copies
One Hundred Days, One Hundred Nights (2008) 3 copies
Superculture: American Popular Culture and Europe (1975) — Editor — 3 copies
Contemporary English drama (1981) 3 copies
FILE ON MILLER (Writer-Files) (1988) 3 copies
Twenty-first century American playwrights (2017) 3 copies
Pearl (1996) 2 copies
Examen de la cultura popular (1982) 2 copies
THE BLACK AMERICAN WRITER 2 VOLUME SET FICTION (VOLUME I) POETRY DRAMA (VOLUME II) (1969) 2 copies
Νταντά και σουρρεαλισμός 1 copy
A critical introduction to twentieth-century American drama (1982) 1 copy
POE, OR THE REVENANT (2012) 1 copy
The second Black renaissance : essays in Black literature (1980) 1 copy
David Mamet (1985) 1 copy
A raisin in the sun (Lorraine Hansberry). [Sound recording] Lecturer: C. W. E. Bigsby 1 copy
Theatrefacts : Checklist No 3 Sam Shepard 1 copy
Edward Albee ;: Bibliography, biography, playography (Theatre checklist) 1 copy
Still Lives (Fiction - General) (1996) 1 copy
ARTHUR MILLER : 1915-1962 1 copy
'An unheeded diamond' in TLS 5197, 8 Nov 2002 [review of Hershel Parker's 'Herman Melville: a biography: Vol two: 1851-1891'] 1 copy
Writers in Conversation Vol.5 (2013) 1 copy
Writers in coversation : v.1 1 copy
Writers in conversation: v. 4 (2011) 1 copy
The Arthur Miller Tapes: A Life In His Own Words 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Crucible (1953) — Introduction, some editions — 17,765 copies, 187 reviews
Leaves of Grass (1855) — Editor, some editions — 12,096 copies, 100 reviews
The Portable Arthur Miller (1971) — Editor, some editions — 459 copies, 1 review
Plays by Susan Glaspell (British and American Playwrights) (1987) — Editor — 67 copies
Plays, Volume 1: Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel; Sticks and Bones; Streamers; The Orphan (2002) — Introduction — 3 copies

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jeanned63 reviews
Beautiful Dreamer by Christopher Bigsby
As near as I can narrow it down given the anecdotal mention of products and technology, this book is set in Tennessee between 1925 and 1965. Written by a British professor of American studies in the style of Faulkner and the tone of Steinbeck, the story is presented from four perspectives and seems an exercise in understanding a variety of racial sensibilities prior to the Civil Rights movement. As a result, I was unable to sustain any emotional involvement with what should have been a show more moving story of redemption. I rate this ALA Notable Book of 2007 at 3 out of 10 stars. show less
½
May 25, 20111 other review
piquareste121 reviews
Death of a Salesman by Christopher Bigsby
Fist-clenchingly, frustratingly heartbreaking.
Jun 3, 2020
edub234 reviews
Beautiful Dreamer: A Novel by Christopher Bigsby
race relations
Dec 4, 20081 other review

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