To realize the universal: allegorical narrative in thornton wilder’s plays and novels
Auteur :
Dan, Hansong
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
ISBN :
9783034310819
Date de publication :
12 mars 2012
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
330 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
By mapping the contour of Thornton Wilder's major plays and novels, this book offers a fresh reading of his deceptively unfashionable art of allegorical narrative, and aims to reaffirm Malcolm Cowley's perspicacious judgment: (Wilder is) one of the toughest and most complicated minds in contemporary America.