A Walk on the Wilder Side

A Queer Reading of Thornton Wilder

by D.R. Lewis

A Walk on the Wilder Side: A Queer Reading of Thornton Wilder was submitted as a final report for the ATCA Helbing Mentorship Program 2024-2025, a joint project of ATCA and Foundation ATCA honoring the memory and work of Terry Helbing.

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Prologue

Thorntons and Johns

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Part
one

The Intimate Wilder

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Part
Two

Artists, Laymen, and the “Failure in Living”

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Part
Three

Wonderful Woman

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Postscript

Eleven o’Clock in a Grover’s Corners Gay Bar

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