The Crucible

by Miller, Arthur
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ISBN: 9780141182551
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Overview

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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Miller, Arthur
  • ISBN: 9780141182551
  • Condition: Used
  • Number Of Pages: 126
  • Publication Year: 2011

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