An edition of The Crucible
(1953)
The Crucible
A Play in Four Acts
16th printing
by Arthur Miller
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Set in the Salem of 1692, Arthur Miller's new play brings to powerful life the problem of guilt by association. IN this instance, the association is, according to the accusers, with the devil. Based on the actual witch trials that became hysterically epidemic in Salem of that time, the drama revolves around Elizabeth Proctor and her husband John, who rather than support the vicious fiction of some exhibitionistic girls and thus save their necks, stand fast with the truth--and send John Proctor to the gallows. Here, from the first improvised fabrications of the adolescents, through the increasing violence of their accusations, to the climactic scene of the trial itself and its grim aftermath, its drama that recalls the great Aristotelian formula for tragedy--catharsis through pity and terror.
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fiction classics, literary criticism, historical fiction, witchcraft trials, trials, Historical drama, Trials (Witchcraft), Witchcraft, Open Library Staff Picks, Drama, martyrs, alcoholism, pressing, poppets, baptism, Ten Commandments, voodoo dolls, contempt of court, Cold War, Satanism, communism, post-World War II society, slavery in the United States, King Philip's War, Puritains, theocracy, Native Americans, Salem witch trials, Witchcraft in literature, Trials (Witchcraft) in literature, Classic Literature, Fiction, Literature, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Trials (Witchcraft) -- Drama, History, Massachusetts Salem, Witch hunting, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, American drama (dramatic works by one author), American fiction (fictional works by one author), Miller, arthur, 1915-2005, Operas, librettos, In literature, American Historical drama, History and criticism, Plays, Witches, American literature, Procès (Sorcellerie), Théâtre, Histoire, American drama, Witchcraft--drama, Witchcraft--massachusetts--salem--drama, Trials (witchcraft)--drama, History--drama, Ps3525.i5156 c7 1995, 812/.52People
Arthur Miller (1915-), Devil, God, Samuel Parris, Tituba, Abigail Williams, Susanna Walcott, Ann Putnam, Thomas Putnam, Betty Parris, Mercy Lewis, Mary Warren, John Proctor, Giles Corey, Rebecca Nurse, John Hale, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, John Hathorne, Thomas Danforth, Sarah Osborne, Sarah Good, George Jacobs, Bridget Bishop, Martha Corey| Edition | Availability |
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November 1994, Penguin USA Electronic
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August 1989, Cram Cassettes Study Guides
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1986, Penguin Books
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1982, Turtleback (Penguin Books)
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1982, Penguin Books
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1982, Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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1982, Everbind (Penguin Books), Penguin Books
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in English
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The Crucible: Drama in Two Acts
1982, Dramatists Play Service
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in English
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The Crucible
1981 10, Bantam Books
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in English
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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
1972, Viking Press
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The Crucible: Text and Criticism
July 30, 1971, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
1968, Penguin Books
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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
1967 01, Bantam Books
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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
1963-11, Bantam Books
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The Crucible is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists.
Also contained in:
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Arthur Miller's Collected Plays
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Collected Plays 1944-1961
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Crucible and Related Readings
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Penguin Arthur Miller
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Portable Arthur Miller
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Prentice Hall: Literature: The American Experience
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Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience
- Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience
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| December 17, 2022 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| January 20, 2020 | Edited by Lisa | Added link to IA copy. |
| January 20, 2020 | Edited by Lisa | Added new cover |
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