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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783664503321

Autore

Konkle Lincoln

Titolo

Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition [[electronic resource] /] / Lincoln Konkle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8262-6497-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

812/.52

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.