The Field

The Field

Author: John B. Keane

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1856359883

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The Field is John B. Keane's fierce and tender study of the love a man can have for land and the ruthless lengths he will go to in order to obtain the object of his desire. It is dominated by Bull McCabe, one of the most famous characters in Irish writing today. An Oscar-nominated adaptation of The Field proved highly successful and popular worldwide, and starred Richard Harris, John Hurt, Brenda Fricker and Tom Berenger.


The Crucible

The Crucible

Author: Arthur Miller

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1976-10-28

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0140481389

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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


A View from the Bridge

A View from the Bridge

Author: Arthur Miller

Publisher: Heinemann

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780435233129

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When his wife's cousins seek refuge as illegal immigrants in New York, Eddie Carbone agrees to shelter them. Trouble begins when her niece is attracted to his glamorous younger brother, Rodolpho. 13 parts: 10 male, 3 female plus extras


Fire in the Crucible

Fire in the Crucible

Author: John Briggs

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 2000-11-01

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 1890482773

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What makes a genius different? Is a genius born or made? In this exploration of creativity, the author reveals that there is no special trait of genius. Rather than being gifted above ordinary people, a genius will give expression to subtle nusances, and perceptions that others ignore.


The Crucible SparkNotes Literature Guide

The Crucible SparkNotes Literature Guide

Author: SparkNotes

Publisher: SparkNotes

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781411469501

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"Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes give you just what you need to succeed in school."--Back jacket.


The Crucible of Islam

The Crucible of Islam

Author: G. W. Bowersock

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 0674978218

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Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century, yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. A renowned classicist, G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this obscure and dynamic period in the history of Islam—exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad’s prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. The Crucible of Islam offers a compelling explanation of how one of the world’s great religions took shape. “A remarkable work of scholarship.” —Wall Street Journal “A little book of explosive originality and penetrating judgment... The joy of reading this account of the background and emergence of early Islam is the knowledge that Bowersock has built it from solid stones... A masterpiece of the historian’s craft.” —Peter Brown, New York Review of Books


Echoes Down the Corridor

Echoes Down the Corridor

Author: Arthur Miller

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-10-01

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0142000051

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For some fifty years now, Arthur Miller has been not only America's premier playwright, but also one of our foremost public intellectuals and cultural critics. Echoes Down the Corridor gathers together a dazzling array of more than forty previously uncollected essays and works of reportage. Here is Arthur Miller, the brilliant social and political commentator-but here, too, Miller the private man behind the internationally renowned public figure.Witty and wise, rich in artistry and insight, Echoes Down the Corridor reaffirms Arthur Miller's standing as one of the greatest writers of our time.


Beyond the Burning Time

Beyond the Burning Time

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Publisher: Scholastic

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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When, in the winter of 1691, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother from execution.


The Humility of the Brutes

The Humility of the Brutes

Author: Ron Smith

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2017-08-14

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0807166588

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The title of Ron Smith’s new collection comes from Yeats’s observation that creators “must go from desire to weariness and so to desire again, and live but for the moment when vision comes to our weariness like terrible lightning, in the humility of the brutes.” The poems in The Humility of the Brutes move beyond Yeats’s journey, using precise language and memorable phrasing to push through skepticism and guide us toward the mystical as we struggle to understand our past and our present.