Viva Modern Critical Interpretations The Crucible (Paperback)

Viva Modern Critical Interpretations The Crucible Book Description

"[Millers] point ... is that moral arrogance, the tendency to render unyielding judgements is not confined within the American power structure. It is at the very heart of the American temperament, and therefore it is at the heart of Millers play as well. For The Crucible attempts to isolate the sources of moral arrogance ... and thus to point the direction to correcting our moral optics. "The design of The Crucible attempts to make visible two discrete, self-contained and antagonistic expressions of female power to test their legitimacy as authentic definitions of sexual desire. The externalized contest between the impulse that betrays ... and the force that nurtures ... shapes the choices made by John Proctor on his road to martyrdom. VIVA MODERN CRITICAL INTERPRETATIONS presents the best current criticism on the most widely read and studied poems, novels and dramas of the Western world, from
Oedipus Rex

and the Iliad to such modern and contemporary works as William Faulkners
The Sound and the Fury

and Don Delillos
White Noise.




Contents:




Introduction
The Crucible
Precision and Pseudo Precision in The Crucible
The Long Shadow of the Law: The Crucible
Arthur Millers The Crucible: Background and Sources
John Proctors Playing in The Crucible
The Crucible of History: Arthur Millers John Proctor
History, Myth, and Name Magic in Arthur Millers The Crucible
History and Other Spectres in Arthur Millers The Crucible
The Crucible
Betrayal and Blessedness: Explorations of Feminine Power in The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, and After the Fall
John Proctor and the Crucible of Individuation in Arthur Millers The Crucible
Re(dis)covering the Witches in Arthur Millers The Crucible: A Feminist Reading

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