Selected Bibliography
General Representations of Modern American Drama:
Abbotson, Susan C.W. Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama. Westport: Greenwood P, 2005.
Bigsby, C. W. E. A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Vol. 1: 1900-1940. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1982.
Bigsby, C. W. E. Modern American Drama, 1945-2000. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000.
Shiach, Don. American Drama 1900-1990. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000.
Sternlicht, Sanford. A Reader’s Guide to Modern American Drama. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 2002.
Thornton Wilder, especially with reference to Our Town:
Abbotson, Susan C.W. “Thornton Wilder, Our Town.” Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama. Westport: Greenwood P, 2005. 19-35.
Almeida, Diane. “Four Saints in Our Town: A Comparative Analysis of Works by Gertrude Stein and Thornton Wilder.” Journal of American Drama and Theatre 9.3 (Fall 1997): 1-23.
Bigsby, C.W.E. “Thornton Wilder.” A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama: Vol. 1: 1900-1940. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1982. 256-73.
Blank, Martin, ed. Critical Essays on Thornton Wilder. New York: G.K. Hall, 1996.
Blank, Martin, Dalma Hunyadi Brunauer, and David Garrett Izzo, eds. Thornton Wilder: New Essays. West Cornwall: Locust Hill Press, 1999.
Burbank, Rex. Thornton Wilder. 1961. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1978.
Cardullo, Bert. “Whose Town Is It, Anyway? A Reconsideration of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town.” CLA Journal 42.1 (1998): 71-86.
Castronovo, David. Thornton Wilder. New York: Ungar, 1986.
Haberman, Donald. Our Town: An American Play. Boston: Twayne, 1989.
Haberman, Donald. The Plays of Thornton Wilder: A Critical Study. Middletown: Wesleyan UP, 1967.
Joseph, Keith A.. “Grover’s Corners Reinterpreted.” Transformations: From Literature to Film. Ed. Douglas Radcliff-Umstead. Kent: Kent State University, 1987.
Konkle, Lincoln. Thornton Wilder and the Puritan Narrative Tradition. Columbia: U of Missouri P, 2006.
McCarter, Jeremy. “The Genius of Grover’s Corners (Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town’).” New York Times. April 1, 2007. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/books/review/McCarter.t.html?ref=thorntonwilder>. Aug. 18, 2011.
Meitcke, W. Thornton Wilder: Our Town. Woodbury: Barron’s Educational Series, 1985.
Morash, Chris. Thornton Wilder Our Town: (York) Notes. Harlow: Longman, 1990.
Siebold, Thomas, ed. Readings on Our Town. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000.
Sternlicht, Sanford. “Thornton Wilder.” A Reader’s Guide to Modern American Drama. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 2002. 89-91.
Wilder, Robin G. The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder. New York: Harper, 2008.
Wilder, Thornton. Collected Plays and Writings on Theater. Ed. J. D. McClatchy. New York: Library of America, 2007.
Film Adaptations:
Kennedy, Scott Hamilton, dir. OT: Our Town. 2002.
Naughton, James, dir. Our Town. PBS: 2003.
Wood, Sam, dir. Our Town. United Artists: 1940.
Study Guides Available Online:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ourtown/
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/Our-Town.id-186.html
http://cummingsstudyguides.net/OurTown.html#Our%20Town
http://www.novelguide.com/a/discover/ewb_16/ewb_16_06868.html
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