The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia
Autor Thomas Hischaken Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 mar 2022
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of his novels, plays, and scripts, but also his letters, journals, and all other existing works by Wilder, published or unpublished.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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781538152393
ISBN-10: 1538152398
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 20 b/w photos; 6 tables; 21 textboxes
Dimensiuni: 184 x 253 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1538152398
Pagini: 224
Ilustrații: 20 b/w photos; 6 tables; 21 textboxes
Dimensiuni: 184 x 253 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
Acknowledgements
Preface
List of Entries by Category
Brief Biography of Thornton Wilder
Encyclopedic Entries
Chronology of Thornton Wilder's Works and Notable Productions
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Preface
List of Entries by Category
Brief Biography of Thornton Wilder
Encyclopedic Entries
Chronology of Thornton Wilder's Works and Notable Productions
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Recenzii
A prolific author of works on the performing arts, Hischak here turns his attention to iconic American writer Thornton Wilder (1897-1975).. This style should appeal to students looking for an abbreviated approach versus a traditional biography.Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; general readers.
Thomas S. Hischak provides an invaluable service to Thornton Wilder scholars, enthusiasts, and fans with this encyclopedia of the author's life and multi-faceted career (playwright, novelist, essayist, lecturer). It is an essential, one-stop shopping reference book for all things Wilder. His detailed and fact-filled performance histories of Wilder's drama are especially useful for this most-produced American playwright.
Thomas S. Hischak's The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia is a must-have for the director and dramaturg of any production of a Wilder play, for a scholar beginning a project on Wilder's fiction or drama, and for fans who want to know more about Wilder's life and works without having to slog through the long biographies and critical studies. Hischak's summaries of Wilder's works (both famous and less widely known) offer a consensus of critical reception and analysis. The appendices provide useful lists of casts of major productions of the well-known plays and characters in the novels. His entries on a variety of topics (Wilder's sexuality, letter and journal writing, lecturing, major themes in the fiction and drama, his female characters) are insightful yet concise. Every university or college library should purchase a copy for their reference room as it will help students write papers on a Wilder performance or reading assignment.
The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia is an extensive and insightful overview of the life, works, and influence of Thornton Wilder, a man whose erudition, brilliance, and familiarity with multiple centuries, languages, and cultures merited the title of "Vast Encyclopedia" for one book-length scholarly study of his theatrical creations.
Thomas S. Hischak provides an invaluable service to Thornton Wilder scholars, enthusiasts, and fans with this encyclopedia of the author's life and multi-faceted career (playwright, novelist, essayist, lecturer). It is an essential, one-stop shopping reference book for all things Wilder. His detailed and fact-filled performance histories of Wilder's drama are especially useful for this most-produced American playwright.
Thomas S. Hischak's The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia is a must-have for the director and dramaturg of any production of a Wilder play, for a scholar beginning a project on Wilder's fiction or drama, and for fans who want to know more about Wilder's life and works without having to slog through the long biographies and critical studies. Hischak's summaries of Wilder's works (both famous and less widely known) offer a consensus of critical reception and analysis. The appendices provide useful lists of casts of major productions of the well-known plays and characters in the novels. His entries on a variety of topics (Wilder's sexuality, letter and journal writing, lecturing, major themes in the fiction and drama, his female characters) are insightful yet concise. Every university or college library should purchase a copy for their reference room as it will help students write papers on a Wilder performance or reading assignment.
The Thornton Wilder Encyclopedia is an extensive and insightful overview of the life, works, and influence of Thornton Wilder, a man whose erudition, brilliance, and familiarity with multiple centuries, languages, and cultures merited the title of "Vast Encyclopedia" for one book-length scholarly study of his theatrical creations.