Wilder, Thornton

1. In Abbotson, Susan C. W. Masterpieces of 20th Century American Drama. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005. pp. 19-37.
   Criticism -- Our Town

2. In Adler, Thomas. Mirror on the Stage. West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, 1987. pp. 123-125, 128-130.
   Criticism -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth

3. In Allen, W.E. The Modern Novel in Britain and the United States. New York, Dutton, 1964. pp. 102-107.
   Criticism -- The Cabala -- Heaven's My Destination

4. In Bauland, Peter. The Hooded Eagle. Syracuse, N.Y., Syracuse University Press, 1968. pp. 157-158.
   Criticism -- The Skin of Our Teeth

5. In Broussard, Louis. American Drama. University of Oklahoma Press, 1962. pp. 92-104.
   Criticism -- Plays -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth

6. In Brown, John Mason. Dramatis Personae. New York, Viking Press, 1963. pp. 79-84.
   Criticism -- Our Town

7. In Brown, John Mason. Two on the Aisle. New York, W. W. Norton Company, 1938. pp. 187-193.
   Criticism -- Our Town

8. In Brustein, Robert. Reimagining American Theatre. New York : Hill and Wang, 1991. pp. 151-155.
   Criticism -- Our Town

9. In Cohn, Ruby. Dialogue in American Drama. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1971. pp. 211-224.
   Criticism -- Plays -- The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden -- Long Christmas Dinner -- The Matchmaker -- Our Town -- Pullman Car Hiawatha -- The Skin of Our Teeth

10. In Cole, Toby, ed. Playwrights on Playwriting . New York, Hill and Wang [1960]. pp. 106-115.
    Criticism -- Literary Criticism

11. In Cowley, Malcolm. New England Writers and Writing. Hanover, NH : University Press of New England, c1996. pp. 232-243.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works

12. In Cowley, Malcolm. Writers at Work. NY, Viking, 1959. pp. 99-118.
    Criticism -- Interviews

13. In Eastman, Fred. Christ in the Drama. New York, Macmillan, 1947. pp. 111-119
    Criticism -- Our Town

14. Fergusson, F. "Three Allegorists: Brecht, Wilder and Eliot." In Sewanee Review, Volume 64, 1956, pp. 544-573.
    Criticism -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth

15. In Fuller, Edmund. Books With Men Behind Them. New York, Random House, 1962. pp. 36-62.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey -- The Cabala -- Heaven's My Destination -- The Ides of March -- The Skin of Our Teeth

16. In Gagey, Edmond. Revolution in American Drama. New York, Columbia University Press, 1947. pp. 107-110.
    Criticism -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth

17. In Gassner, John. Dramatic Soundings . New York, Crown Publishers, 1968. pp. 314-320.
    Criticism -- The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden -- The Long Christmas Dinner -- Pullman Car Hiawatha

18. In Gohdes, Clarence, ed. Essays on American Literature . Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1967. pp. 307-328.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey -- The Cabala -- Heaven's My Destination -- The Ides of March -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth -- The Woman of Andros

19. In Gould, Jean Modern American Playwrights. New York, Dodd, Mead [1966] pp. 204-224.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works

20. In Guthrie, Tyrone. In Various Directions. New York, Macmillan, 1965. pp. 110-118.
    Biography -- Criticism -- Works

21. In Hatcher, Harlan. Creating the Modern American Novel. New York: Russell & Russell, 1965, [c1962]. pp. 252-256.
    Criticism -- Novels -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey -- The Cabala -- Heaven's My Destination -- The Woman of Andros

22. In Haydy, Hiram, ed. The American Scholar Reader. New York, Atheneum, 1960. pp. 476-489.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey -- The Cabala -- Heaven's My Destination -- The Ides of March -- The Skin of Our Teeth

23. In Heiney, Donald. Recent American Literature. Great Neck, N.Y., Barron's Educational Series, 1958. pp. 304-311.
    Criticism -- Works -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey -- The Cabala -- Heaven is My Destination -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth -- The Woman of Andros

24. In Kernan, Alvin, ed. The Modern American Theater. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1967. pp. 52-79.
    Criticism -- Plays -- The Angel That Troubled the Waters -- Flight into Egypt -- The Happy Journey to Trenton and Camden -- The Long Christmas Dinner -- The Matchmaker -- The Merchant of Yonkers -- Our Town -- Pullman Car Hiawatha -- The Skin of Our Teeth

25. In Lass, A.H., ed. Student's Guide to 50 American Plays. New York : Washington Square Press, 1969. pp. 130-142.
    Criticism -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth

26. In Lewis, Allan. American Plays and Playwrights of the Contemporary Theatre. New York, Crown Publishers, 1965. pp. 66-80.
    Criticism -- Plays -- Our Town -- Plays for Bleecker Street -- The Skin of Our Teeth

27. In Lumley, Frederick New Trends in 20th Century Drama. New York, Oxford University Press, 1967. pp. 333-336.
    Criticism -- Our Town -- The Skin of Our Teeth

28. Oliver, Edith. "The Summing Up." In The New Yorker, Vol. 43, May 27, 1967, pp. 146-148.
    Criticism -- The Eighth Day

29. In Plimpton, George, ed. Playwrights at Work. New York : Modern Library, 2000. pp. 3-22.
    Criticism -- Interview

30. In Porter, Thomas E. Myth and Modern American Drama. Detroit, Wayne State University Press, 1969. pp. 200-224.
    Criticism -- Our Town

31. In Scott, Winfield Townley Exiles and Fabrications. Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, 1961. pp. 78-91
    Criticism -- Our Town

32. In Wescott, Glenway. Images of Truth. New York, Harper & Row, 1962. pp. 242-308.
    Biography -- Interviews -- The Ides of March

33. In Wagenknecht, Edward. Cavalcade of the American Novel. New York, Holt, 1952. pgs. 405-408.
    Criticism -- Novels -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey -- The Cabala -- Heaven's My Destination -- The Woman of Andros

34. In Wilson, Edmund. Classics and Commercials. New York, Farrar, Straus, 1950. pp. 81-86.
    Criticism -- The Skin of Our Teeth

35. In Wilson, Edmund. The Shores of Light. New York, Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. pp. 384-391, 442-445, 534-539.
    Criticism -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey -- The Cabala -- The Woman of Andros

36. Woolcott, Alexander. "Mr. Wilder Urges Us On." In Atlantic, Vol. 171, No. 3, March 1943, pp. 121, 123.
    Criticism -- The Skin of Our Teeth

37. In Woolcott, Alexander. Long, Long Ago. New York, The Viking Press, 1943. pp. 244-247.
    Criticism -- The Skin of Our Teeth

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