"Paradise Lost" Signed by Clifford Odets

Paradise Lost by Clifford Odets First Edition. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with gilt spine lettering, navy cloth has wear mainly along edges. The dust jacket was damaged but has been encased in a new protective sleeve to minimize further tearing and wear. Inscribed by Odets to on front free endpaper: "For Ida E. Fiscle from her old pupil and new friend- Clifford Odets 1/38".

Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdraw from Broadway's commercial pressures and increasing critical backlash. From January 1935, Odets's socially relevant dramas were extremely influential, particularly for the remainder of the Great Depression. His works inspired the next several generations of playwrights, including Arthur Miller, Paddy Chayefsky, Neil Simon, and David Mamet.

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