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

• Autore: Konkle Lincoln
• Pubblicazione: Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Disciplina: 812/.52
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition
• ISBN: 0-8262-6497-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783664503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II