
The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts
by Arthur Miller
Title:
The Crucible : A Play in Four Acts
Author:
Arthur Miller
Series (if any):
Penguin Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
144 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780141182551
EAN:
9780141182551
Classifications:
Plays, playscripts
Weight (g):
234
Dimensions (mm):
198 x 129 x 10
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
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.






























