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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Witches and Communists: The Crucible and the Cold War Professional Development from the National Humanities Center

Witches and Communists: The Crucible and the Cold War

Leader:  Florence Dore
Professor of English
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
National Humanities Center Fellow		 Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. (EST)
Registration Deadline: March 29, 2011
Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible is a staple in high school American literature curricula throughout the United States. Originally produced to a lukewarm reception in 1953, it was re-staged to more enthusiastic reviews in 1957 and made into a major motion picture in 1996. To what extent is it “about” the Salem Witch Trials and “about” McCarthyism? What can the play tell us about politics, American identity, the individual, women, community, and sexuality in the early years of the Cold War? What accounts for the play’s continuing power? How has more than half a century given us new perspectives on it?
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