The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thornton Wilder
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Love or romance, Brothers, Eighteenth century, Christianity, Fate or fatalism, South America or South Americans, Peru or Peruvians, Bridges
- Locales: Peru
Wilder's second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, published in November, 1927, rocketed the modest author to celebrity status. Its extraordinary public reception and favorable reviews caught Wilder by surprise. Critics hailed it as a “work of genius,” a “little masterpiece” with a “deceptive clarity of style that marks pellucid depths.” The novel was viewed as a breath of fresh air as opposed to the downbeat realistic works of Upton Sinclair and Theodore Dreiser. Wilder was awarded the Pulitzer Prize on May 7, 1928. In 1929, and again in 1944, the novel was adapted...
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