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Auteur(s) : Niven, Penelope (1939-2014)
Titre(s) : Thornton Wilder [Texte imprimé] : a life / Penelope Niven ; with a foreword by Edward Albee
Édition : 1st ed
Publication : New York : Harper, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-832 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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."
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
A fascinating, three-dimensional portrait of one of America's greatest playwrights,
novelists, and literary icons
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Albee, Edward (1928-2016). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Wilder, Thornton (1897-1975)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780060831363. - ISBN 0060831367 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450182643
Notice n° :
FRBNF45018264
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