| The Crucible Contributor(s): Miller, Arthur (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140481389 ISBN-13: 9780140481389 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1976 Annotation: A drama based on the witch trials in Salem Village. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 812.52 |
| LCCN: 77373758 |
| Series: Penguin Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 4.98" W x 7.96" (0.26 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 734 Reading Level: 4.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft--and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village. First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witch-hunting, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater ever can. A drama of emotional power and impact --New York Post |