Willy’s inner emptiness is revealed through the play’s exploration of Willy’s external life. It received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in the same year. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller was released in 1949. The zeitgeist or spirit of the time in which it was written is more important than the publication date or city it was written in.
The play takes place primarily in Brooklyn, New York, at Willie Loman’s house, but it also takes place in Boston and Manhattan. The book was first published by Viking Press in March 1949. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is considered to be one of the greatest American plays.ĭeath of a Salesman was published in 1949 as a novel and performed. The play is a tragedy about the life of Willy Loman, a salesman who is unable to find success. The book Death of a Salesman was published in 1949 by Arthur Miller.
