Stephen J. Rojcewicz Jr.

Thornton Wilder, Classical Reception, and American Literature (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000480740
• Artikelnr.: 62659766

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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