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Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition /

Main Author: Konkle, Lincoln.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Wilder, Thornton, > 1897-1975 > Criticism and interpretation.
Wilder, Thornton, > 1897-1975 > Technique.
Wilder, Thornton, > 1897-1975 > Religion.
Taylor, Edward, > 1642-1729 > Influence.
Wilder, Thornton, > 1897-1975.
Taylor, Edward, > 1642-1729.
Wilder, Thornton, > 1897-1975 > Critique et interprétation.
Wilder, Thornton, > (1897-1975) > Critique et interprétation.
Wilder, Thornton, > (1897-1975) > Technique.
Wilder, Thornton, > (1897-1975) > Religion.
Taylor, Edward, > (1642-1729) > Influence.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > 20th century.
English language > Rhetoric. > United States
Puritans > Intellectual life. > New England
Christianity and literature > United States.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Puritan movements in literature.
Narration > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Anglais (Langue) > Rhétorique. > États-Unis
Puritains > Vie intellectuelle. > Nouvelle-Angleterre
Christianisme et littérature > États-Unis.
Influence littéraire, artistique, etc.
Puritanisme dans la littérature.
DRAMA > American.
Christianity and literature.
English language > Rhetoric.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Puritans > Intellectual life.
Religion.
Technique.
Puritains > Dans la littérature.
Puritains > Nouvelle-Angleterre (États-Unis)
New England.
United States.
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Table of 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.

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