This book delineates how Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), a learned playwright and novelist, embeds himself within the classical tradition, integrating Greek and Roman motifs with a wide range of sources to produce heart-breaking masterpieces such as Our Town and comedy sensations such as Dolly Levi.
This book delineates how Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), a learned playwright and novelist, embeds himself within the classical tradition, integrating Greek and Roman motifs with a wide range of sources to produce heart-breaking masterpieces such as Our Town and comedy sensations such as Dolly Levi.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Stephen J. Rojcewicz, Jr. is an American independent scholar. He balanced his M.D. with an M.A. in Classics and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. Crediting his years of practice in psychiatry with attentiveness to nuance and patterns, he has published on Thornton Wilder, classical reception, and the medical humanities.
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List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Chapter One: Thornton Wilder as Poeta Doctus Chapter Two. An American Successor to Vergil: The Cabala Chapter Three. Sapphica puella Musa doctior: The Female Sage Chapter Four. The Torch Race of Literature and The Skin of Our Teeth Chapter Five. Our Tears: Lacrimae Rerum as Wilder's Recurrent Motif Bibliography Index
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Chapter One: Thornton Wilder as Poeta Doctus Chapter Two. An American Successor to Vergil: The Cabala Chapter Three. Sapphica puella Musa doctior: The Female Sage Chapter Four. The Torch Race of Literature and The Skin of Our Teeth Chapter Five. Our Tears: Lacrimae Rerum as Wilder's Recurrent Motif Bibliography Index
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