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American Characteristics and Other Essays
American Characteristics and Other Essays Author:Thornton Wilder, Donald Gallup (Editor) Those who know Thornton Wilder only as a novelist and playwright owe it to themselves to read his essays. Sharp, witty, original, cogent, perceptive, and various, they open our eyes to fresh aspects of many writers we know well. James Joyce and Gertrude Stein, Emily Dickinson and Herman Melville, Goethe and Thomas Mann are among the objects of h... more »is loving scrutiny. There are likewise eight memorable commentaries on drama and the theater.« less