The Crucible: Text and crit.

Arthur Miller's classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in 17th century Salem is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions. The ruthlessness...

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Vorheriger Titel:Miller, Arthur Those familiar spirits
1. Verfasser: Miller, Arthur 1915-2005 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Viking Pr. 1971
Schriftenreihe:The Viking crit.libr.
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Zusammenfassung:Arthur Miller's classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in 17th century Salem is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially-sanctioned violence.
Beschreibung:XX,484 S.
ISBN:0670250333
0670018074