The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
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PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 197 mm x 128 mm
WEIGHT : 113 g
SERIES : Penguin Modern Classics
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
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.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9780141182551 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Miller, Arthur | |
| PUBLISHER : Penguin Books Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : February 24, 2000 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom | IMPRINT : Penguin Classics |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 113 g
SERIES : Penguin Modern Classics
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies