The Crucible of Man
The Crucible of Man

Author: Mark J. Moe

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2014-12-23

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 149695761X

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Just an innocent, young boy when Roman invaders killed his father, Carpathimos fights back when they return to his island paradise to take away his sister and mother. While fighting to save them, he is captured and taken back to Rome where he is forced to kill in the Circus Maximus. He fights to win his freedom and ironically finds love and friendship in a place he never expected. Deceit, murder, and suspicion surround him as the Roman Republic fights to establish itself as a Mediterranean power, catching Carpathimos in the middle. Finally, allowed to return home, he must fight to survive one last time, but what he loses sends him back to Rome with vengeance in his heart. The Crucible of Man vividly portrays one mans evolution from innocent fisherman to a warrior capable of changing the very future of Rome. As one man fights to preserve his innocent life amid the islands of the Mediterranean, the growing powers from Rome and Carthage force him to evolve into the very thing he despises most: a warrior

The Crucible of Race
The Crucible of Race

Author: Joel Williamson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1984-09-06

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 019802049X

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This landmark work provides a fundamental reinterpretation of the American South in the years since the Civil War, especially the decades after Reconstruction, from 1877 to 1920. Covering all aspects of Southern life--white and black, conservative and progressive, literary and political--it offers a new understanding of the forces that shaped the South of today.

The Crucible
The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1101665017

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A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft—and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village. First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witch-hunting, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater ever can. "A drama of emotional power and impact" —New York Post

Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Author: Harold Bloom

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0791098281

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A collection of critical essays that examines Arthur Miller's classic drama, "The Crucible;" and contains an historical overview of the play, chronology of the life and works of the author, and introduction by Harold Bloom.

The Forge and the Crucible
The Forge and the Crucible

Author: Mircea Eliade

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2020-10-23

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 022602654X

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Primitive man's discovery of the ability to change matter from one state to another brought about a profound change in spiritual behavior. In The Forge and the Crucible, Mircea Eliade follows the ritualistic adventures of these ancient societies, adventures rooted in the people's awareness of an awesome new power. The new edition of The Forge and the Crucible contains an updated appendix, in which Eliade lists works on Chinese alchemy published in the past few years. He also discusses the importance of alchemy in Newton's scientific evolution.

The Crucible
The Crucible

Author: Yay Panlilio

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2009-10-08

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0813548209

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On December 8, 1941, as the Pacific War reached the Philippines, Yay Panlilio, a Filipina-Irish American, faced a question with no easy answer: How could she contribute to the war? In this 1950 memoir, The Crucible: An Autobiography by Colonel Yay, Filipina American Guerrilla, Panlilio narrates her experience as a journalist, triple agent, leader in the Philippine resistance against the Japanese, and lover of the guerrilla general Marcos V. Augustin. From the war-torn streets of Japanese-occupied Manila, to battlegrounds in the countryside, and the rural farmlands of central California, Panlilio blends wry commentary, rigorous journalistic detail, and popular romance. Weaving together appearances by Douglas MacArthur and Carlos Romulo with dangerous espionage networks, this work provides an insightful perspective on the war. The Crucible invites readers to see new intersections in Filipina/o, Asian American, and American literature studies, and Denise Cruz's introduction imparts key biographical, historical, and cultural contexts to that purpose.

Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman/The Crucible
Arthur Miller - Death of a Salesman/The Crucible

Author: Stephen Marino

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-08-16

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 1137429801

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Arthur Miller was one of the most important American playwrights and political and cultural figures of the 20th century. Both Death of a Salesman and The Crucible stand out as his major works: the former is always in performance somewhere in the world and the latter is Miller's most produced play. As major modern American dramas, they are the subject of a huge amount of criticism which can be daunting for students approaching the plays for the first time. This Reader's Guide introduces the major critical debates surrounding the plays and discusses their unique production histories, initial theatre reviews and later adaptations. The main trends of critical inquiry and scholars who have purported them are examined, as are the views of Miller himself, a prolific self-critic.