The Crucible. A Play In Four Acts

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.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Arthur Miller - Артур Миллер

Publisher:Penguin

Language:English

Publication Date:2000

Number of pages:144 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:112 g

ISBN:9780141182551