LEADER 02972nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910783664503321 005 20230828210641.0 010 $a0-8262-6497-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246911 035 $a(OCoLC)191930147 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10128984 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000259001 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218466 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000259001 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10274159 035 $a(PQKB)11564580 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570875 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10128984 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246911 100 $a20050909d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aThornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition$b[electronic resource] /$fLincoln Konkle 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8262-1624-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xRhetoric 606 $aPuritans$zNew England$xIntellectual life 606 $aChristianity and literature$zUnited States 606 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 606 $aPuritan movements in literature 615 0$aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish language$xRhetoric. 615 0$aPuritans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aChristianity and literature 615 0$aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 615 0$aPuritan movements in literature. 676 $a812/.52 700 $aKonkle$b Lincoln$01535532 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783664503321 996 $aThornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition$93783825 997 $aUNINA