The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts Arthur Miller
The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts (Paperback / Softback)Arthur Miller
- Paperback / Softback
- 144 Pages / Published 24 Feb 2000
- In stock
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Description
Arthur Miller’s classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 – ‘one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history’ – and the American anti-communist purges led by Senator McCarthy in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations. A depiction of innocent men and women destroyed by malicious rumour, The Crucible is also a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the ‘frontier mentality’ of Cold War America.
Additional information
Weight | 112 g |
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Dimensions | 129 × 10 mm |
ISBN-13 | 9780141182551 |
Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
Imprint | Penguin Classics |
Date of Publication | 24 Feb 2000 |
By (author) | Arthur Miller |
Pages | 144 |
Format | Paperback / softback |
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