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A frank and revealing portrait of Arthur Miller, as viewed through the lens of his relationship with Marilyn Monroe.The Genius and the Goddess, based on Jeffrey Meyers' long friendship with Arthur Miller and extensive archival research from Washington to Los Angeles, is a portrait of a marriage. The greatest American playwright of the twentieth century and the most popular American actress both complemented and wounded one another.Marilyn Monroe was a doomed personality whose tragic end was inevitable. Miller experienced creative agony with her. Their five-year marriage, from 1956 to 1961,…
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4 editions- Ebook · English · 2009Random House Publishing Group · 9781409061458
- Other · English · 2012Genius and the GoddessUniversity of Illinois Press · 384 pages · 9780252078545
- Other · English · 2010Genius and the GoddessPenguin Random House · 368 pages · 9780099524892
- Other · English · 2010University of Illinois Press · 345 pages · 9780252035449
Biography & AutobiographyNonfictionRelations with menAmerican DramatistsMotion picture actors and actressesBiographyRelations with womenMiller, arthur, 1915-2005
