Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition / Lincoln Konkle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Konkle, Lincoln.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric)--History--20th century.

Narration (Rhetoric).

English language--United States--Rhetoric.

English language.

Puritans--New England--Intellectual life.

Puritans.

Christianity and literature--United States.

Christianity and literature.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Puritan movements in literature.

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975--Criticism and interpretation.

Wilder, Thornton.

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975--Technique.

Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975--Religion.

Taylor, Edward, 1642-1729--Influence.

Taylor, Edward.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6497-2

OCLC:

191930147