The Crucible Paperback - 1996
by Arthur Miller
Based on historical people and real events, Miller's classic play about the witch hunts and trials in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts, is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror which Miller uses to reflect the anti-Communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's "witch-hunts" in the U.S.
Summary
The Viking Critical Library edition of Arthur Miller's dramatic recreation of the Salem witch trials contains the complete text of The Crucible as well as extensive critical and contextual material about the play and the playwright, including:
- Selections from Miller's writings on his most frequently performed play
- Essays on the historical background of The Crucible, including personal narratives by participants in the trials and records of witchcraft in Salem from the original documents
- Reviews of The Crucible, in production by Brooks Atkinson, Walter Kerr, Eric Bentley, and others
- Excerpts from Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Sorcières de Salem, a "spin-off" of Miller's play, and three analogous works by Twain, Shaw, and Budd Schulberg
- Critical essays on the play, on Miller, and on the play in the context of Miller's oeuvre
- An introduction by the editor, a chronology, a list of topics for discussion and papers prepared by Malcolm Cowley, and a bibliography
First line
A small upper bedroom in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris, Salem, Massachusetts, in the spring of the year 1692.
Details
- Title The Crucible
- Author Arthur Miller
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Revised
- Pages 512
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date January 1, 1996
- ISBN 9780140247725 / 0140247726
- Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 7.69 x 5.03 x 0.89 in (19.53 x 12.78 x 2.26 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Salem (Mass.) - History - Colonial period,, Miller, Arthur
- Dewey Decimal Code 812.52
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