Wheatley, Christopher J., 1955-

Thornton Wilder & Amos Wilder writing religion in twentieth-century America / [electronic resource] : Thornton Wilder and Amos Wilder Christopher J. Wheatley. - Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2011. - xi, 226 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : brothers in arms -- Historical religious crises in Wilder's early novels -- Coming home to America -- Piety, the individual, and the community -- The appetite for destruction and the obstacles to growth -- Mystery, pluralism, and evolution.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780268096694 (electronic bk.)




Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 --Criticism and interpretation.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 --Religion.
Wilder, Thornton, 1897-1975 --Family.
Wilder, Amos N. 1895-1993.


Religion in literature.
Social values in literature.
Social change in literature.
Religion and literature--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic books.

PS3545.I345 / Z978 2011

818/.5209