| Titre : |
The Crucible : a Play in Four Acts |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Arthur Miller, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Penguin Books, 2015 |
| Collection : |
Modern classics |
| Description : |
125 p |
| ISBN/ISSN : |
978-0-14-118255-1 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Index. décimale : |
420 Langue anglaise |
| Résumé : |
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. |
| Nature du document : |
fiction |
| Genre : |
théâtre |
| Niveau : |
Lycée |
| Thème de fiction : |
magie et sorcellerie/justice/manipulation |
Miller Arthur.
The Crucible : a Play in Four Acts.
Penguin Books, 2015, 125 p.
(Modern classics).
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