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Provides a collection of critical essays on one of Arthur Miller's most popular, most controversial and most frequently staged plays, The crucible.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Evans, Robert C., 1955- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, MA : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Grey House Publishing, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Critical insights.
Subjects:
Miller, Arthur, > 1915-2005. > Crucible.
Miller, Arthur, > 1915-2005 > Criticism and interpretation.
Witchcraft in literature.
Communism in literature.
Miller, Arthur, > 1915-2005 > Criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • About This Volume
  • The Crucible after Six Decades
  • Biography of Arthur Miller
  • Critical Contexts
  • "And so his sons will have his farm": Primogeniture in the Plays of Arthur Miller
  • Scholarship on Arthur Miller's The Crucible: 2000-2017
  • The Crucible: Skepticism, Knowledge, and Tragedy
  • The Crucible: A Play for All Seasons: Assessment of the 1996 Film Version
  • Critical Readings
  • Scapegoats, Satanism and the Sacred: Arthur Miller's The Crucible
  • Letters from the Past: Arthur Miller and Communism (a Self-Interview)
  • Christopher Bigsby on Arthur Miller's Marxism (and Its Relevance to The Crucible)
  • Arthur Miller's Postwar Aesthetics and The Crucible
  • Arthur Miller's The Crucible and Post-World War II Dystopian Writings
  • Anti-Communist Criticism of Arthur Miller's The Crucible
  • Molly Kazan's The Egghead as a Response to Arthur Miller's The Crucible
  • The Crucible in Four Voices: Rouleau, Segal, Hytner, and Farber
  • Nicholas Hytner's 1996 Film Version of Arthur Miller's The Crucible: A Survey of Reviews
  • The Crucible on Broadway 2016: Miller's Stodgy Shut-In Gets a Wild Night Out on the Town
  • Non-Broadway Productions of Arthur Miller's The Crucible: A Survey of Recent Stagings
  • Arthur Miller's The Crucible on Audio, Starring Stacy Keach and Richard Dreyfuss
  • Resources
  • Chronology of Arthur Miller's Life
  • Works by Arthur Miller
  • Bibliography
  • About the Editor
  • Contributors
  • Index.