The Crucible Books

1. The Portable Arthur Miller

by Arthur Miller. Penguin Group. From the publisher: "'The Portable Arthur Miller' is a rich cross section of sixty years of writing from one of this century's most influential and humane playwrights. This classic collection, completely updated by the author together with the preeminent Miller scholar Christopher Bigsby, containes in full the masterpieces 'The Crucible' and 'Death of the Salesman'."

2. The Crucible (Bloom's Notes)

by Arthur Miller, Harold Bloom (Editor). From the publisher: "Bloom's notes offers concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information presented in a user-friendly format for book reports and term papers Most importantly, it condenses extensive critical research into one compact student handbook."

3. Understanding The Crucible: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources...

by Claudia Durst Johnson, and Vernon E. Johnson. Greenwood Publishing Group. From the publisher: "Ideal for student research and class discussion, this interdisciplinary casebook provides a rich variety of primary historical documents and commentary on The Crucible within the context of the Salem witch trials of 1692..."

4. The Crucible: Text and Criticism

by Arthur Miller, and Gerald Clifford Weales (Editor). Penguin. From the publisher: "The Viking Critical Library edition of Arthur Miller's dramatic recreation of the Salem witch trials contains the complete text of 'The Crucible,' as well as extensive critical and contextual material about the play and playwright..."

5. Student Companion to Arthur Miller

by Susan C.W. Abbotson. Greenwood Publishing Group. From the publisher: "Guides the reader through the life and work, as well as eight major plays of one of America's foremost playwrights, Arthur Miller."

6. The Crucible

by Arthur Miller, and Gerald Clifford Weales (Editor). Houghton Mifflin. From the publisher: "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."

7. The Arthur Miller Audio Collection

by Arthur Miller. HarperCollins. From the publisher: "'The Crucible,' first produced in 1953, is Miller's most produced play, addressing mass hysteria, empty piety and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving, but that compels listeners to gather their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater can. This production was recorded in 1972 and was directed by John Berry."

8. Language Study of Arthur Miller's Plays

by Stephen A. Marino. Edwin Mellen Press. This book includes a chapter about "Poetry and Politics in 'The Crucible'," along with discussions of other works, notes, and works cited.

9. "The Crucible" in History and Other Essays

by Arthur Miller. Methuen. From the publisher: "In this book of three essays, Arthur Miller, America's most important living dramatist, looks back some fifty years to expose the post-war political climate of suspicion and paranoia that led to his writing The Crucible, still his most performed play. With the same penetrating candour that he brought to his autobiography Timebends, Miller reveals intimate details of the personal peril and despair he endured in the early 1950s..."

10. The Crucible

by Thomas Siebold (Editor). Greenhaven Press. From the publisher: "Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch trials is generally considered a condemnation of Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist campaign of the 1950s. This volume examines how Miller used historical events to explore universal themes such as evil and power."