The crucible / (Record no. 98391)

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035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER
System control number (Sirsi) i9780142437339
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Original cataloging agency BPLCP
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency BPLCP
Modifying agency TXBXL
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International Standard Book Number 0142437336 (pbk.)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780142437339 (pbk.)
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System control number (OCoLC)779225465
Canceled/invalid control number (OCoLC)731400230
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Geographic area code n-us-ma
050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PS 3525 .I5156
Item number C9. 2003
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library VF$A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Miller, Arthur,
Dates associated with a name 1915-2005.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The crucible /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Arthur Miller ; with an introduction by Christopher Bigsby.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Penguin Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2003.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xxv, 143 p. ;
Dimensions 20 cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Penguin classics
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "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 The Crucible, 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. 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. Written in 1953, The Crucible 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 meets with diabolical malevolence."
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Trials (Witchcraft)
Form subdivision Drama.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Trials (Witchcraft)
Form subdivision Young adult fiction.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Salem (Mass.)
General subdivision History
Chronological subdivision Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Form subdivision Drama.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Salem (Mass.)
General subdivision History
Form subdivision Young adult fiction.
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Witchcraft
Form subdivision Drama.
651 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Salem (Mass.)
Form subdivision Drama.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bigsby, C. W. E.
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Penguin classics.
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    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   PS 3525 .I5156 C9 2003 98646060 10/28/2025 8.54 10/28/2025 Book