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The Diary of Anne Frank | Essays and Criticism

• Narrative Structure

  In the following essay, Rena Korb discusses the play’s narrative structure.

• The Life and Death of a Document: Lessons from the Strange Career of The Diary of Anne Frank

  In the following essay, Max Page calls The Diary of Anne Frank a ‘‘radically altered, shortened, and skewed document,’’ and explores how and why it has been altered in stage and written versions of the work.

• Meyer Levin’s Obsession

  In the following essay, Stephen Fife compares the unproduced script Meyer Levin wrote for The Diary of Anne Frank to the popular version of the play written by Albert Hackett and Frances Goodrich, contending there is ample evidence that the duo plagiarized Levin’s work.

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1. The Diary of Anne Frank: Introduction
2. The Diary of Anne Frank: Summary
3. The Diary of Anne Frank: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett Biography
4. The Diary of Anne Frank: Characters
5. The Diary of Anne Frank: Themes
6. The Diary of Anne Frank: Style
7. The Diary of Anne Frank: Historical Context
8. The Diary of Anne Frank: Critical Overview
9. The Diary of Anne Frank: Essays and Criticism
   1. Narrative Structure
   2. The Life and Death of a Document: Lessons from the Strange Career of The Diary of Anne Frank
   3. Meyer Levin’s Obsession
10. The Diary of Anne Frank: Compare and Contrast
11. The Diary of Anne Frank: Topics for Further Study
12. The Diary of Anne Frank: Media Adaptations
13. The Diary of Anne Frank: What Do I Read Next?
14. The Diary of Anne Frank: Bibliography and Further Reading
15. The Diary of Anne Frank: Pictures
16. Copyright

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