The Crucible is a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America, published in Penguin Modern Classics.
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 McCar...
The Crucible is a powerful indictment of McCarthyism and the 'frontier mentality' of Cold War America, published in Penguin Modern Classics.
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.
If you enjoyed The Crucible, you might like Miller's Death of a Salesman, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
'One of a handful of great plays that will both survive the twentieth century and bear witness to it'
American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; t...
American dramatist Arthur Miller was born in New York City in 1915. In 1938 Miller won awards for his comedy The Grass Still Grows. His major achievement was Death of a Salesman, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the 1949 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. The Crucible was aimed at the widespread congressional investigation of subversive activities in the US; the drama won the 1953 Tony Award. Miller's autobiography, Timebends: A Life was published in 1987.
A very intellectual book written in the Red Scare,an era featured by the public-perceived fear against the Russian Communist Uprising.While in fact telling the story of 1692 Salem Witch Hunt,Arthur Miller is actually projecting the similar unfairness and st...
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阿瑟·米勒 作者
蘇小北
上海译文出版社2011版
挟书谤王蘑菇酱
上海译文出版社2020版
双目
上海译文出版社2011版
悠悠，慢慢
上海译文出版社2011版
阿甲
上海译文出版社2020版
如是我雯
上海译文出版社2020版
déjà vu
Penguin2002版
1 有用 大熊是个熊 2015-01-12 17:12:09
哎呦妈呀！！！！简直欲罢不能，把老版本的看完，更想看RA的，今年三月份一定去去去去去去去！！！！！！！！！！！！
0 有用 麦当劳动局 2022-04-14 10:08:34
2020
2 有用 Whiser 2010-10-10 10:38:39
人是多么需要一颗强大的内心去承受动摇思想的狂风呼啸
0 有用 ansejiewu 2017-11-25 21:25:41
人性的善恶
2 有用 沪式金钱肉 2019-09-03 23:37:40
群体精神弱势是信仰控制的天堂，也是其走向自我毁灭的墓志铭。让时间来验证一切吧，历史不停的重演也是人类动物性的必然表现，呼唤宽容和谦逊，也许还不如等待其自然运转的结果，拉长足够时间来看，也许最后大家都是无意义的运动罢了。
0 有用 半人馬的Z 2023-07-31 17:34:59 上海
忘標了
0 有用 素馅儿的烧包 2023-05-28 23:00:59 天津
He have his goodness now.
0 有用 Rubén 2022-09-03 23:08:27 江西
She would not drown herself in the ocean that threatens her. Elizabeth真是坚忍高尚的女子。
0 有用 Sydlililulula 2022-07-11 21:23:33
看得我头皮发麻寒毛直竖。。。正好和最近在学的the limit of law相对应 很有意义 并且书里的这个性别设置也蛮值得想的
0 有用 Una无缘早睡 2022-05-20 01:26:18
最震撼我的米勒戏，ptsd到每次想起都悲愤交织。