Thornton Wilder, classical reception, and American literature /
"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 Le...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2022.
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| Series: | Routledge monographs in classical studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Thornton Wilder as poeta doctus
- An American successor to Vergil: The female sage
- The torch race of literature and The Skin of Our Teeth
- Our tears: Lacrimae rerum as Wilder's recurrent motif.
