Step 1:

Read Miller's Death of a Salesman.

Step 2:

Read Miller's "Tragedy and the Common Man"

Step 3:

Read these articles

• Zoglin's "American Tragedy"

• Miller's "The 'Salesman' Has a Birthday"

• Ferris' "A Conversation With Arthur Miller"

• Kerrane's "Arthur Miller vs. Columbia Pictures: The Strange Case of Career of a Salesman"