PMC The Crucible

Miller, Arthur

£8.99

Arthur Miller’s classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parable between the Salem witch hunt of 1692 and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s.

Peek Inside

In stock

Publish Date: 24/02/2000
ISBN: 9780141182551 Category: Tag:

Description

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.

Additional information

Weight 112 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 8 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

126

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

812.52 (edition:21)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K