The Crucible
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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.
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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.
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| Weight | 112 g |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 0.8 cm |
| Book_author | Miller, Arthur |
| Publisher | PENGUIN GROUP |
| Imprint | Penguin Classics |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 126 |
| Language | English |
| Dewey | 812.52 (edition:21) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
