TY  - BOOK
AU  - Niven,Penelope
AU  - Albee,Edward
TI  - Thornton Wilder: a life 
SN  - 9780060831363 :
AV  - PS3545.I345 Z796 2012
U1  - 813/.52B 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper
KW  - Wilder, Thornton,
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
N1  - 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"
N2  - A fascinating, three-dimensional portrait of one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons
ER  -