Wilder’s Working Women: An Exploration of Existential Questions
Miriam White
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Thornton Wilder was a great American novelist and playwright. One theme he returned to frequently in his work was how or why we live. In...
Wilder’s Alcestis: Love, Death, and Meaning
Natalie Eleanor Patterson
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Though Thornton Wilder often incorporated classical characters, concepts, and settings into his writing, he had a particular preoccupation with the myth of Alcestis. My research...
Love and Let Live: Analysis of Love in Thornton Wilder's The Woman of Andros
Ariel Montgerard
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How is the theme of love used by Thornton Wilder to depict the characters in The Woman of Andros? My presentation will focus on...
The Merge of Religion and Imagination: Analyzing Henry Antrobus in Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth
Alexandrea Higginbotham
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It’s no secret that twentieth-century American playwright Thornton Wilder believed in the Christian religion, and it’s also no secret that he added many biblical references...
(Mis)Representing the Black Experience: A Critical Study of Cross-Racial Texts
Miriam White
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This study examines contemporary novels written by white authors and the Black characters they produce. Often cross-racial narratives, or narratives where the writer and characters...
