1897-1975

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

Features analysis of the plays most frequently studied in literature classes. Entries include: introduction providing overview of play; brief biography of playwright; plot summary; discussion of play's principal themes; essays on play's construction; and excerpted critical commentary.

More than 300 pieces of correspondence, taken from 7,000 that were gathered around the world, provide insight into Pulitzer Prize winning author Thornton Wilder's life and the people he connected with, including his family, Walt Disney, FDR, Elizabeth Taylor, Ernest Hemingway, Leonard Bernstein and more. The letters are presented chronologically and follow a brief biographical introduction to Mr. Wilder.

A critical analysis of Wilder's novels, plays, and essays that explores his art and his writing attitude.