The crucible

Evans, Robert C., 1955- (editor.).

Summary: "This volume offers diverse perspectives on one of Arthur Miller's most popular, most controversial and most frequently staged plays. The volume situates the play within many different contexts--historical, critical, literary, biographical, social, cultural, and others"--Provided by publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9781682176849
ISBN: 1682176851
ISBN: 9781682176856
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Edition: [First edition].
Publisher: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	"And so his sons will have his farm": primogeniture in the plays of Arthur Miller / Stephen Marino -- Scholarship on Arthur Miller's The Crucible : 2000-2017 / Antonio Byrd -- The Crucible: skepticism, knowledge, and tragedy / Nicholas Tredell -- The Crucible : a play for all seasons : assessment of the 1996 film version / Susan C.W. Abbotson -- Scapegoats, Satanism and the Sacred : Arthur Miller's The Crucible / Nicholas Tredell -- Letters from the past : Arthur Miller and Communism (a self-interview) / Alan Wald -- Christopher Bigsby on Arthur Miller's Marxism (and its relevance to The Crucible) / Lyndsey Diane Fifield -- Arthur Miller's postwar aesthetics and The Crucible / Robert C. Evans -- Arthur Miller's The Crucible and post-World War II dystopian writings / Robert C. Evans -- Anti-communist criticism of Arthur Miller's The Crucible / Johnathon T. Lawrence -- Molly Kazan's The Egghead as a response to Arthur Miller's The Crucible / Robert C. Evans -- The Crucible in four voices : Rouleau, Segal, Hytner, and Farber / Christopher Baker -- Nicholas Hytner's 1996 film version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible : a survey of reviews / Trevor Ramey -- The Crucible on Broadway 2016 : Miller's stodgy shut-in gets a wild night out on the town / Thomas A. Greenfield -- Non-Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's The Crucible : a survey of recent stagings / Crystie Deuter -- Arthur Miller's The Crucible on audio, starring Stacy Keach and Richard Dreyfuss / Brant Pope.
Source of Description Note:	Edition statement supplied by publisher.