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Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition
- Title
- Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition / Lincoln Konkle.
- Author
- Konkle, Lincoln.
- Publication
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
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- Description
- xxiii, 301 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Fresh examination of the works of Thornton Wilder emphasizing continuities in American literature from the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Sees Wilder as a literary descendant of Edward Taylor who drew from the Puritan worldview and tradition. Includes indepth readings of Shadow of a Doubt, The Trumpet Shall Sound, and others"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 > Criticism and interpretation
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 > Technique
- Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 > Religion
- Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729 > Influence
- Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 20th century
- English language > United States > Rhetoric
- Puritans > New England > Intellectual life
- Christianity and literature > United States
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Puritan movements in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-287) and index.
- Contents
- The first city : the continuity of Puritanism in American culture and literature from Taylor to Wilder -- Judgment day in the jazz age : eschatology and providence in Wilder's early plays and novels -- The Puritan's progress : typology and plain style in Wilder's 1930s drama and fiction -- Dramatic jeremiads : Wilder's revival of the Puritan rhetoric of crisis -- Cold war wilderness : the dark night of Wilder's Puritan soul -- Covenant reborn : Wilder's reaffirmation of the American errand -- Passing the torch : Thornton Wilder and his influence on American drama.
- Call Number
- MWEM (Wilder, T.) 08-7306
- ISBN
- 0826216242 (alk. paper)
- 9780826216243 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005026382
- OCLC
- 61687668
- Author
- Konkle, Lincoln.
- Title
- Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition / Lincoln Konkle.
- Imprint
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-287) and index.
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- Research Call Number
- MWEM (Wilder, T.) 08-7306