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Book Synopsis The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume O by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume O written by Thornton Wilder and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume One of the collected short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the Twentieth Century.
Book Synopsis The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume II by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume II written by Thornton Wilder and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second and concluding volume of Thornton Wilder's short plays.
Book Synopsis The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder by : Thornton Niven Wilder
Download or read book The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder written by Thornton Niven Wilder and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume II by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume II written by Thornton Wilder and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second and concluding volume of Thornton Wilder's short plays.
Book Synopsis Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays & Writings on Theater (LOA #172) by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays & Writings on Theater (LOA #172) written by Thornton Wilder and published by Library of America Thornton Wi. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our town -- The skin of our teeth -- The matchmaker -- The Alcestiad -- The drunken sisters -- The marriage we deplore -- The unerring instinct -- Scenes from The emporium -- Plays for Bleecker Street -- The seven ages of man -- Writings on theater.
Book Synopsis The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder written by Thornton Wilder and published by Theatre Communications Grou. This book was released on 1997 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume One of the collected short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the Twentieth Century.
Book Synopsis Wilder's Classic One Acts by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book Wilder's Classic One Acts written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French, Incorporated. This book was released on 2012 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of Wilder's most famous one act plays includes, "The Long Christmas Dinner," "The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden," "Pullman Car Hiawatha," "Queens of France," "Such Things Only Happen in Books," and "Love and How to Cure It." In these mini-masterpieces, Wilder experiments with techniques and dramatic forms he would later develop in his celebrated full-length works, "Our Town," "The Matchmaker," "The Skin of Our Teeth," and "The Alcestiad." Among these plays we encounter a first glimpse of Wilder's Stage Manager; his use of pantomime, minimal scenery, and farce; as well as his signature connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of the human experience.
Book Synopsis The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume O by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume O written by Thornton Wilder and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume One of the collected short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the Twentieth Century.
Book Synopsis The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia by : Thomas S. Hischak
Download or read book The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thornton Wilder is one of America’s greatest writers, and the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and drama. Equally well known for his plays and novels, his unique and diverse body of work also includes essays, journals, lectures, and film and television scripts. In The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia, Thomas S. Hischak exhaustively covers Wilder’s life and extensive career. Entries not only contain every one of his novels, plays, and scripts, but also his letters, journals, and all other existing works by Wilder, published or unpublished. In addition, this valuable reference features entries on the individuals who worked with Wilder and friends and family members who were a great influence on him. With a biography of Wilder to introduce the work and a chronology and selected bibliography to augment the entries, The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference available on one of America’s greatest playwrights and finest novelists.
Book Synopsis Thorton Wilder's Playlets by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book Thorton Wilder's Playlets written by Thornton Wilder and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Thornton Wilder's Playlets by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book Thornton Wilder's Playlets written by Thornton Wilder and published by Samuel French, Incorporated. This book was released on 2022-06-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Thornton Wilder is a collection of twenty-two very short plays, three of which are published here for the very first time. These snapshots of the creative spirit at play explore a variety of complex characters that range from the ordinary to the biblical, the haunted to the mystical. From the tale of a conflicted composer with a strangely familiar tune stuck in his head (The Song of Maria Bentedos) to a pair of newlyweds who find themselves bizarrely affected by the color of their hotel's tea room (Flamingo Red: A Comedy in Danger), all these tales - many told with great wit and humor - ask the thought-provoking questions of mortality, morality and faith that Thornton Wilder is famous for asking. Most of the plays run about four minutes in length, and can be presented with three actors. The entire collection can be presented with a cast ranging from six to thirty-two actors.
Book Synopsis Thornton Wilder and the Puritan Narrative Tradition by : Lincoln Konkle
Download or read book Thornton Wilder and the Puritan Narrative Tradition written by Lincoln Konkle and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fresh examination of the works of Thornton Wilder emphasizing continuities in American literature from the seventeenth through twentieth centuries. Sees Wilder as a literary descendant of Edward Taylor who drew from the Puritan worldview and tradition. Includes indepth readings of Shadow of a Doubt, The Trumpet Shall Sound, and others"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Thornton Wilder, Classical Reception, and American Literature by : Stephen J. Rojcewicz, Jr.
Download or read book Thornton Wilder, Classical Reception, and American Literature written by Stephen J. Rojcewicz, Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delineates how Thornton Wilder (1897–1975), a learned playwright and novelist, embeds himself within the classical tradition, integrating Greek and Roman motifs with a wide range of sources to produce heart-breaking masterpieces such as Our Town and comedy sensations such as Dolly Levi. Through this study of archival sources and close reading, readers will understand Wilder’s avant-garde staging and innovative time sequences not as a break with the past, but as a response to the classics. The author traces the genesis of unforgettable characters like Dolly Levi in The Matchmaker, Emily Webb in Our Town, and George Antrobus in The Skin of Our Teeth. Vergil’s expression, "Here are the tears of the world, and human matters touch the heart" haunts Wilder’s oeuvre. Understanding Vergil’s phrase as "tears for the beauty of the world," Wilder utilizes scenes depicting the beauty of the world and the sorrow when individuals recognize this too late. Wilder exhorts us to observe lovingly, alert to the wonder of the everyday. This work will appeal to actors and directors, professors and students in classics and in American literature, those fascinated by modern drama and performance studies, and non-specialists, theatre-goers, and readers in the general public.
Book Synopsis The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia by : Thomas S. Hischak
Download or read book The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia written by Thomas S. Hischak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thornton Wilder is one of America’s greatest writers, and the only author to win Pulitzer Prizes in both fiction and drama. Equally well known for his plays and novels, his unique and diverse body of work also includes essays, journals, lectures, and film and television scripts. In The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia, Thomas S. Hischak exhaustively covers Wilder’s life and extensive career. Entries not only contain every one of his novels, plays, and scripts, but also his letters, journals, and all other existing works by Wilder, published or unpublished. In addition, this valuable reference features entries on the individuals who worked with Wilder and friends and family members who were a great influence on him. With a biography of Wilder to introduce the work and a chronology and selected bibliography to augment the entries, The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive reference available on one of America’s greatest playwrights and finest novelists.
Book Synopsis The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act by : Thornton Wilder
Download or read book The Long Christmas Dinner and Other Plays in One Act written by Thornton Wilder and published by Theatre Communications Group. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of six short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. Renowned for his masterful gift for revealing the miraculous in the seemingly mundane, these short plays showcase Thornton Wilder's ability to examine American life, death, and all the mysteries therein with warmth, humor, and grace. This collection includes The Long Christmas Dinner, Queens of France, Pullman Car Hiawatha, Love and How to Cure It, Such Things Only Happen in Books, and The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden.
Book Synopsis The Reception of Ancient Virtues and Vices in Modern Popular Culture by : Eran Almagor
Download or read book The Reception of Ancient Virtues and Vices in Modern Popular Culture written by Eran Almagor and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ancient Virtues and Vices in Modern Popular Culture, Eran Almagor and Lisa Maurice offer a collection of chapters dealing with the reception of antiquity in modern popular media, and focusing on a comparison between ancient and modern sets of values.
Book Synopsis The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature by : Jay Parini
Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature written by Jay Parini and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 2273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set treats the whole of American literature, from the European discovery of America to the present, with entries in alphabetical order. Each of the 350 substantive essays is a major interpretive contribution. Well-known critics and scholars provide clear and vividly written essays thatreflect the latest scholarship on a given topic, as well as original thinking on the part of the critic. The Encyclopedia is available in print and as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf.At the core of the encyclopedia lie 250 essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists. The most prominent figures (such as Whitman, Melville, Faulkner, Frost, Morrison, and so forth) are treated at considerable length (10,000 words) by top-flight critics. Less well known figures arediscussed in essays ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 words. Each essay examines the life of the author in the context of his or her times, looking in detail at key works and describing the arc of the writer's career. These essays include an assessment of the writer's current reputation with abibliography of major works by the writer as well as a list of major critical and biographical works about the writer under discussion.A second key element of the project is the critical assessments of major American masterworks, such as Moby-Dick, Song of Myself, Walden, The Great Gatsby, The Waste Land, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Death of a Salesmanr, or Beloved. Each of these essays offers a close reading of the given work,placing that work in its historical context and offering a range of possibilities with regard to critical approach. These fifty essays (ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 words) are simply and clearly enough written that an intelligent high school student should easily understand them, but sophisticatedenough that a college student or general reader in a public library will find the essays both informative and stimulating.The final major element of this encyclopedia consists of fifty-odd essays on literary movements, periods, or themes, pulling together a broad range of information and making interesting connections. These essays treat many of the same authors already discussed, but in a different context; they alsogather into the fold authors who do not have an entire essay on their work (so that Zane Grey, for example, is discussed in an essay on Western literature but does not have an essay to himself). In this way, the project is truly "encyclopedic," in the conventional sense. These essays aim forcomprehensiveness without losing anything of the narrative force that makes them good reading in their own right.In a very real fashion, the literature of the American people reflects their deepest desires, aspirations, fears, and fantasies. The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature gathers a wide range of information that illumines the field itself and clarifies many of its particulars.
