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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Previous Title:Miller, Arthur Those familiar spirits
Main Author: Miller, Arthur 1915-2005 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Viking Pr. 1971
Series:The Viking crit.libr.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:XX,484 S.
ISBN:0670250333
0670018074

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