Thornton Wilder : a life /
Niven, Penelope.
Thornton Wilder : a life / Penelope Niven ; with a foreword by Edward Albee. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper, c2012. - xvi, 832 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : "the history of a writer" -- "Godly folk" -- "A foretaste of heaven" -- "Being left" -- Foreign devils -- "Parental expectation" -- "All aspiration" -- "Literary development" -- "The art of writing" -- Distant sons -- "Flowering into literature" -- "Heroes" -- "His own tune" -- "Choice souls" -- "All my faults and virtues" -- "Millstones" -- "The 'way within'" -- "My real vocation" -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- "The finest bridge in all Peru" -- Preparation and circumstance -- "Variety, variety" -- "Home" -- "Strands and threads" -- Our living and our dying -- The village and the stars -- "Chalk...or fire" -- "Perseverance" -- "Seeing, knowing and telling" -- "The eternal family" -- "The closing of the door" -- "Wartime" -- "Post-war adjustment exercise" -- Searching for the right way -- Kaleidoscopic views -- "The human adventure" -- "Tapestry" -- "Life and death"
A fascinating, three-dimensional portrait of one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons.
9780060831363 : $39.99 0060831367
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
PS3545.I345 / Z796 2012
813/.52 B
Thornton Wilder : a life / Penelope Niven ; with a foreword by Edward Albee. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper, c2012. - xvi, 832 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : "the history of a writer" -- "Godly folk" -- "A foretaste of heaven" -- "Being left" -- Foreign devils -- "Parental expectation" -- "All aspiration" -- "Literary development" -- "The art of writing" -- Distant sons -- "Flowering into literature" -- "Heroes" -- "His own tune" -- "Choice souls" -- "All my faults and virtues" -- "Millstones" -- "The 'way within'" -- "My real vocation" -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- "The finest bridge in all Peru" -- Preparation and circumstance -- "Variety, variety" -- "Home" -- "Strands and threads" -- Our living and our dying -- The village and the stars -- "Chalk...or fire" -- "Perseverance" -- "Seeing, knowing and telling" -- "The eternal family" -- "The closing of the door" -- "Wartime" -- "Post-war adjustment exercise" -- Searching for the right way -- Kaleidoscopic views -- "The human adventure" -- "Tapestry" -- "Life and death"
A fascinating, three-dimensional portrait of one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons.
9780060831363 : $39.99 0060831367
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
PS3545.I345 / Z796 2012
813/.52 B