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100 1 $aKonkle, Lincoln.
245 10 $aThornton Wilder and the Puritan narrative tradition /$cLincoln Konkle.
260 $aColumbia :$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$cc2006.
300 $axxiii, 301 p.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $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 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.
520 $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.
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600 10 $aWilder, Thornton,$d1897-1975$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aWilder, Thornton,$d1897-1975$xTechnique.
600 10 $aWilder, Thornton,$d1897-1975$xReligion.
600 10 $aTaylor, Edward,$d1642-1729$xInfluence.
650 0 $aNarration (Rhetoric)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zUnited States$xRhetoric.
650 0 $aPuritans$zNew England$xIntellectual life.
650 0 $aChristianity and literature$zUnited States.
650 0 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
650 0 $aPuritan movements in literature.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005026382.html
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