Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2006
by Rose, Reginald; Mamet, David [Introduction]
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- Paperback
The Penguin Classics debut that inspired a classic film and a current Broadway revival
Reginald Rose's landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplay, and went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic belief in the U.S. legal system. The story's focal point, known only as Juror Eight, is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal biases. Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture of America, at its best and worst, to form.
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Details
- Title Twelve Angry Men (Penguin Classics)
- Author Rose, Reginald; Mamet, David [Introduction]
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition New
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, NYC
- Date 2006-08-29
- Features Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0143104403
- ISBN 9780143104407 / 0143104403
- Weight 0.18 lbs (0.08 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.5 in (19.30 x 12.95 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Catalog Heading: Language Arts/Literature
- Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
- Library of Congress subjects Legal drama, American
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006046006
- Dewey Decimal Code 812.54
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Summary
Reginald Rose's landmark American drama was a critically acclaimed teleplay, and went on to become a cinematic masterpiece in 1957 starring Henry Fonda, for which Rose wrote the adaptation. A blistering character study and an examination of the American melting pot and the judicial system that keeps it in check, Twelve Angry Men holds at its core a deeply patriotic belief in the U.S. legal system. The story's focal point, known only as Juror Eight, is at first the sole holdout in an 11-1 guilty vote. Eight sets his sights not on proving the other jurors wrong but rather on getting them to look at the situation in a clear-eyed way not affected by their personal biases. Rose deliberately and carefully peels away the layers of artifice from the men and allows a fuller picture of America, at its best and worst, to form.
