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Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition

"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.

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Thornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition
2006, University of Missouri Press
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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 thirties 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Columbia

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
812/.52
Library of Congress
PS3545.I345 Z73 2006, PS3545.I345Z73 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3410375M
Internet Archive
thorntonwilderpu00konk
ISBN 10
0826216242
ISBN 13
9780826216243
LCCN
2005026382
OCLC/WorldCat
61687668
Library Thing
8181309
Goodreads
451630

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