CFP: Thornton Wilder as American Writer (1/10/06; ALA, 5/25/06-5/28/06)
CALL FOR PAPERS: THORNTON WILDER AS AMERICAN WRITER Special Session at
The American Literature Association 17th Annual Conference
May 25-28, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Embarcadero Center
Sponsored by The Thornton Wilder Society
Possible Approaches:
Wilder and his works as products of American culture:
early life in Madison, WI; Berkeley, CA; Oberlin College; Yale.
teaching career at Lawrenceville School, NJ; University of Chicago; Harvard.
novels, plays, screenplays, essays, letters.
Analysis of novels and plays as they depict American characters in
American settings acting in American ways in accordance with American
values