{"product_id":"the-crucible-paperback","title":"The Crucible - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher W. E. Bigsby\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history,\" Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in 1953, \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's \"witch-hunts\" in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: \"Political opposition...is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include \u003ci\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e (1949), \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), \u003ci\u003e A View from the Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e A Memory of Two Mondays \u003c\/i\u003e(1955), \u003ci\u003eAfter the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), \u003ci\u003eIncident at Vichy\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eThe Price\u003c\/i\u003e (1968), \u003ci\u003eThe Creation of the World and Other Business\u003c\/i\u003e (1972) and \u003ci\u003eThe American Clock\u003c\/i\u003e (1980). He also wrote two novels, \u003ci\u003e Focus\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), and \u003ci\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/i\u003e, which was filmed in 1960, and the text for \u003ci\u003eIn Russia\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), \u003ci\u003eChinese Encounters\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), and \u003ci\u003eIn the Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), three books of photographs by his wife, Inge Morath. His later work included a memoir, \u003ci\u003eTimebends\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); the plays \u003ci\u003eThe Ride Down Mt. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), \u003ci\u003eThe Last Yankee\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eBroken Glass\u003c\/i\u003e (1994), and \u003ci\u003eMr. Peter's Connections\u003c\/i\u003e (1999); \u003ci\u003eEchoes Down the Corridor: Collected Essays, 1944-2000\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOn Politics and the Art of Acting \u003c\/i\u003e(2001). He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and in 1949 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Miller was the recipient of the National Book Foundation's 2001 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Prince of Asturias Award for Letters in 2002, and the Jerusalem Prize in 2003. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bigsby\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia. He edited the Penguin Classics editions of Miller's \u003ci\u003eThe Crucible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll My Sons\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crucible\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4.9\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44865143079014,"sku":"9780142437339","price":23.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/V8wL_Ec2Qj9780142437339.webp?v=1772852718","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-crucible-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}