Finley, M.I., Denis Mack Smith, and Christopher Duggan. A History of 
          Sicily. New York: Viking, 1987. A survey of Sicilian history abridged 
          from a three-volume work.


Gussow, Mel. Conversations with Miller. London: Nick Hern Books, 2002. 
          A collection of interviews with Arthur Miller conducted by Mel Gussow, 
          spanning the years 1963 – 2001. A few references to the character 
          of Alfieri as the “rational principle” in the play.

Jackson, Kenneth, and John Maubeck, ed. The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn. 
          New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998. A survey of Brooklyn history 
          broken down by neighborhood, with a relevant chapter on the Red Hook 
          community.

Martin, Robert and Steven R. Centola, ed. The Theater Essays of Arthur 
          Miller. New York: Da Capo Press, 1996. A collection of Arthur Miller’s 
          critical essays on the theatre. Relevant topics range from the role 
          of the family in modern drama to McCarthyism.

Marino, Stephen A. A Language Study of Arthur Miller’s Plays: 
          The Poetic in the Colloquial. Lewiston, The Edwin Mellen Press, 2002. 
          A chapter on “A View From A Bridge” examines the language 
          and actions of the play within the context of the Sicilian-American 
          community.

Miller, Arthur. “A View From A Bridge.” Arthur Miller. 
          New York: Quality Paperback Book Club, 1995. 384-468. Arthur Miller’s 
          two-act revision of the play.

------------. Echoes Down the Corridor: collected essays, 1944-2000. 
          Ed. Steven R. Centola. New York: Viking, 2000. A collection of Miller’s 
          essays ranging in topic from the autobiographical to the political.

------------. Introduction. Arthur Miller. New York: Quality Paperback 
          Book Club, 1995. 377-382. Arthur Miller’s introduction to the 
          two-act version of “A View From A Bridge” in which he describes 
          the Broadway failure of the original version and the rebirth of this 
          play through a London production.

------------. Timebends: A Life. New York: Grove Press, 1987. Arthur 
          Miller’s autobiography discusses his screenplay about the waterfront, 
          being betrayed by Elia Kazan, and the HUAC trials as events leading 
          into the period in which the play is written.

Miller, Ron, Rita Seiden, and Stephen Karp. “The Fourth Largest 
          City in America – A Sociological History of Brooklyn.” Brooklyn 
          USA. Ed. Rita Seiden Miller. New York: Brooklyn College Press, 1979. 
          3-44. An overview of Brooklyn’s history from 1476 to 1976 with 
          an examination of demographic statistics and shifting immigration patterns.

Privitera, Joseph. Sicily: An Illustrated History. New York: Hippocrene 
          Books, 2002. A compact overview of Sicilian history.

Roudané, Matthew, ed. Conversations with Arthur Miller. Jackson: 
          University Press of Mississippi, 1987. A collection of interviews with 
          Miller conducted by various interviewers, spanning the years 1947 – 
          1986.

Synder-Grenier, Ellen. Brooklyn!: An Illustrated History. Philadelphia: 
          Temple University Press, 1996. A visually-based overview of Brooklyn’s 
          history.

Wertheim, Albert. “A View From A Bridge.” The Cambridge 
          Companion to Arthur Miller. Ed. Christopher Bigsby. Cambridge: Cambridge 
          University Press, 1997. 101-114. An essay examining the play within 
          the context of Miller’s relationship with Elia Kazan, Hollywood, 
          HUAC, and the ILA.

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