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Lincoln Konkle's study of Thornton Wilder and the New England origins of the American literary tradition is a bold and provocative rediscovery of the power and significance of Wilder's works. Placing Wilder within the cultural contexts of Calvinism, Puritanism, and the American jeremiad, Konkle reveals Wilder's enduring capacity for exploring the ideals, desires, politics, and broad human issues troubling and driving contemporary American society. This book may well generate a Wilder revival that will reestablish him at the core of the American literary canon. --Emory Elliott Reading this important study is like watching someone draw back the curtain on a long neglected stage. We cannot be too grateful to Professor Konkle for revealing the New World sources of Thornton Wilder's art. --Tappan Wilder This exhaustive and provocative study of Thornton Wilder is long overdue. Wilder was one of America's most important dramatists (one masterpiece for certain) and a fine novelist, and his present neglect is inexcusable. Mr. Konkle's book brings focus and insight and light to the sometimes dark corners which were the source of Wilder's gifts. -- Edward Albee Lincoln Konkle s study of Thornton Wilder and the New England origins of the American literary tradition is a bold and provocative rediscovery of the power and significance of Wilder s works. Placing Wilder within the cultural contexts of Calvinism, Puritanism, and the American jeremiad, Konkle reveals Wilder s enduring capacity for exploring the ideals, desires, politics, and broad human issues troubling and driving contemporary American society. This book may well generate a Wilder revival that will reestablish him at the core of the American literary canon. Emory Elliott Reading this important study is like watching someone draw back the curtain on a long neglected stage. We cannot be too grateful to Professor Konkle for revealing the New World sources of Thornton Wilder's art. Tappan Wilder This exhaustive and provocative study of Thornton Wilder is long overdue. Wilder was one of America's most important dramatists (one masterpiece for certain) and a fine novelist, and his present neglect is inexcusable. Mr. Konkle's book brings focus and insight and light to the sometimes dark corners which were the source of Wilder's gifts. Edward Albee Reading this important study is like watching someone draw back the curtain on a long neglected stage. We cannot be too grateful to Professor Konkle for revealing the New World sources of Thornton Wilder's art. --Tappan Wilder Lincoln Konkle's study of Thornton Wilder and the New England origins of the American literary tradition is a bold and provocative rediscovery of the power and significance of Wilder's works. Placing Wilder within the cultural contexts of Calvinism, Puritanism, and the American jeremiad, Konkle reveals Wilder's enduring capacity for exploring the ideals, desires, politics, and broad human issues troubling and driving contemporary American society. This book may well generate a Wilder revival that will reestablish him at the core of the American literary canon. --Emory Elliott

Lincoln Konkle's study of Thornton Wilder and the New England origins of the American literary tradition is a bold and provocative rediscovery of the power and significance of Wilder's works. Placing Wilder within the cultural contexts of Calvinism, Puritanism, and the American jeremiad, Konkle reveals Wilder's enduring capacity for exploring the ideals, desires, politics, and broad human issues troubling and driving contemporary American society. This book may well generate a Wilder revival that will reestablish him at the core of the American literary canon. --Emory Elliott

<p> Lincoln Konkle's study of Thornton Wilder and the New England origins of the American literary tradition is a bold and provocative rediscovery of the power and significance of Wilder's works. Placing Wilder within the cultural contexts of Calvinism, Puritanism, and the American jeremiad, Konkle reveals Wilder's enduring capacity for exploring the ideals, desires, politics, and broad human issues troubling and driving contemporary American society. This book may well generate a Wilder revival that will reestablish him at the core of the American literary canon. --Emory Elliott

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Lincoln Konkle is Associate Professor of English at the College of New Jersey in Ewing. He is the coeditor of Stephen Vincent Benét: Essays on His Life and Work.

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