The Criticisms on Thornton Wilder and His Work

C. Context

The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1927 novel by American author Thornton Wilder that tells the story of several interrelated people who happen to be on an Incarope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru and the events that lead up to their being on the bridge at the time of its collapse and their deaths Peru. The setting of place in the novel is in Peru in 1714. Peruvian territory was home to theNorte Chico civilization, one of the oldest in the world, and to the Inca Empire, the largest state in Pre-Columbian America. It was conquered by the Spanish Empire in the 16th century, who established a Viceroyalty with jurisdiction over most of its South American domains. Independence was declared on 1821 but consolidated only after the Battle of Ayacucho, three years later Peru. When the Spanish landed in 1531, Perus territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca Civilization. Centered at Cuzco, the Inca Empire extended over a vast region, stretching from northern Ecuador to central Chile Peru. The story of The Bridge of San Luis Rey makes use of two historical characters. The man who was Vicaroy of Peru at the time and his lover, a street singer known as La Perichole, although the historical Perichole lived considerably later than the events in Wilders novel occur 1748- 1819; Wilder places the bridge collapse in 1714 who, in real life, was named Micaela Villegas. La Périchole is an opera bouffe. Its title character is based on Micaela villegas 1748- 1819, a beloved Peruvian entertainer and the famous mistress of Manuel de Amat y Juniet, Viceroy of Peru from 1761 to 1776. Their son, Manuel de Amat y Villegas, was one of the signers of Peru’s declaration of independence from Spain on July 28, 1821. He discovered Camila Perichole. Her real name was Micaela Villegas Peru. She was singing in cafés at the age of twelve and uncle Pio had always been the very soul of cafes” 119. Thornton Wilder is an American novelist but he took Peru as his setting for his story. Wilder wrote The Bridge of San Luis Rey in 1926, but the setting of time in the story is in 1714. In my opinion, Wilder used Peru as his setting of place in his story because there was a conflict between Peru and United States in 18 th century Peru. There was a military conflict between Spain and the United States that took place beginning in April of 1898 which is called American war. Hostilities halted in August of that year, and the Treaty of Paris was signed in December Peru. The war began after the American demand of Spain peacefully resolving the Cubanfight for independence was rejected, though strong expansionist sentiment in the United States may have motivated the government to target Spains remaining overseas territories:Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, and the Caroline Island Peru. Marquesa is the presentation of a historical figure, Mme. de Sévigné the title of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal; 1626- 1696, a French letter writer. She was devoted to her children, and, after her daughter married and moved to Provence, she began writing letters to her, without literary intention, that recounted events, described people and details of daily life, and commented on many topics. The