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Thornton Wilder
Experience a dramatization of Thornton Wilder's one-act drama The Long Christmas Dinner
Listen to an analysis of Thornton Wilder's play Our Town
Explore the use of music, theme and variations, and condensed words in Thornton Wilder's Our Town
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The Literary World
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.
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Thornton Wilder: Quotes

  • Marriage
    Marriage is a bribe to make a housekeeper think she's a householder.Thornton Wilder: The Merchant of Yonkers
  • Times of Day
    For what human ill does not dawn seem to be an alleviation.Thornton Wilder: The Bridge of San Luis Rey