02972nam 2200625Ia 450 991078366450332120230828210641.00-8262-6497-2(CKB)1000000000246911(OCoLC)191930147(CaPaEBR)ebrary10128984(SSID)ssj0000259001(PQKBManifestationID)11218466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259001(PQKBWorkID)10274159(PQKB)11564580(MiAaPQ)EBC3570875(Au-PeEL)EBL3570875(CaPaEBR)ebr10128984(EXLCZ)99100000000024691120050909d2006 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition[electronic resource] /Lincoln KonkleColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20061 online resource (328 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8262-1624-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.Narration (Rhetoric)History20th centuryEnglish languageUnited StatesRhetoricPuritansNew EnglandIntellectual lifeChristianity and literatureUnited StatesInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)Puritan movements in literatureNarration (Rhetoric)HistoryEnglish languageRhetoric.PuritansIntellectual life.Christianity and literatureInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)Puritan movements in literature.812/.52Konkle Lincoln1535532MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783664503321Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition3783825UNINA