National Endowment of the Arts - The Big Read

The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Our Town
Teacher's Guide - Additional Resources


Books

Bryer, Jackson R., ed. Conversations with Thornton Wilder. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1992.

Burbank, Rex J. Thornton Wilder. 2nd ed. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1978.

Goldstein, Malcolm. The Art of Thornton Wilder. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1965.

Grebanier, Bernard. Thornton Wilder. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1964.

Harrison, Gilbert A. The Enthusiast: A Life of Thornton Wilder. New Haven, CT: Ticknor & Fields, 1983.

Siebold, Thomas, ed. Readings on "Our Town." San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1999.

Wilder, Robin G. and Jackson R. Bryer, eds. The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2008.

Wilder, Thornton. Collected Plays and Writings on Theater, ed. J. D. McClatchy. New York: Library of America, 2007.

Websites

Masterpiece Theatre American Collection: Our Town
This website accompanied a 2003 Masterpiece Theatre presentation of Our Town.

The website of the Thornton Wilder Society includes archived articles, interviews, and news of conferences and other events.

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