Книга: Wilder Thornton «The Bridge of San Luis Rey»

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

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Торнтон Уайлдер (1897-1975), трехкратный лауреат Пулитцеровской премии, считал целью своего творчества возрождение "религиозного духа" в американской литературе. Критики нередко упрекали его за пренебрежение проблемами современности, но Уайлдер продолжал направлять свой взор исследователя в глубину веков. Обращение к вечным темам и утонченный символизм обеспечили писателю статус признанного классика. События романа" Мост короля Людовика Святого" (1927)происходят в Перу летом 1714 года. Пятеро путников погибают из-за обрыва моста. Одинокий монах-францисканец, случайно оказавшийся свидетелем катастрофы, усмотрел в этой трагедии божий промысел. Он решает посвятить жизнь поискам ответа на вопрос, почему высшие силы свели вместе этих пятерых, что их объединяло, чем они заслужили такой зловещий финал и только ли их грехами можно объяснить все произошедшее.

Издательство: "Антология" (2018)

ISBN: 978-5-6040571-5-5

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Wilder, Thornton

▪ American writer
in full  Thornton Niven Wilder 
born April 17, 1897, Madison, Wis., U.S.
died Dec. 7, 1975, Hamden, Conn.

      American writer, whose innovative novels and plays reflect his views of the universal truths in human nature. He is probably best known for his plays.

      After graduating from Yale University in 1920, Wilder studied archaeology in Rome. From 1930 to 1937 he taught dramatic literature and the classics at the University of Chicago.

      His first novel, The Cabala (1926), set in 20th-century Rome, is essentially a fantasy about the death of the pagan gods. His most popular novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927; Pulitzer Prize), which was adapted for film and television, examines the lives of five people who died in the collapse of a bridge in 18th-century Peru. The Woman of Andros (1930) is an interpretation of Terence's Andria. Accused of being a “Greek” rather than an American writer, Wilder in Heaven's My Destination (1934) wrote about a quixotically good hero in a contemporary setting. His later novels are The Ides of March (1948), The Eighth Day (1967), and Theophilus North (1973).

      Wilder's plays engage the audience in make-believe by having the actors address the spectators directly and by discarding props and scenery. The Stage Manager in Our Town (1938) talks to the audience, as do the characters in the farcical The Matchmaker (1954). Wilder won a Pulitzer Prize for Our Town, becoming the only person to receive the award in both the fiction and drama categories. The Matchmaker was made into a film in 1958 and adapted in 1964 into the immensely successful musical Hello, Dolly!, which was also made into a film.

      Wilder's other plays include The Skin of Our Teeth (1942; Pulitzer Prize), which employs deliberate anachronisms and the use of the same characters in various geological and historical periods to show that human experience is much the same whatever the time or place. Posthumous publications include The Journals of Thornton Wilder, 1939–1961, edited by Donald Gallup, and Wilder's correspondence with Gertrude Stein, The Letters of Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder (1996), edited by Edward Burns and Ulla E. Dydo.

Additional Reading
Biographical and critical studies include Gilbert A. Harrison, The Enthusiast: A Life of Thornton Wilder (1983); Rex Burbank, Thornton Wilder, 2nd ed. (1978); David Castronovo, Thornton Wilder (1986); Claudette Walsh, Thornton Wilder: A Reference Guide 1926–1990 (1993); Paul Lifton, Vast Encyclopedia: The Theatre of Thornton Wilder (1995); Martin Blank (ed.), Critical Essays on Thornton Wilder (1996); Katie De Koster (ed.), Readings on Thornton Wilder (1998); Martin Blank, Dalma Hunyadi Brunauer, and David Garrett Izzo (eds.), Thornton Wilder: New Essays (1999); and Harold Bloom (ed.), Thornton Wilder (2002).

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Источник: Wilder, Thornton

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