Update: The proposal deadline has been extended until January 20, 2016. Thornton Niven Wilder, author of seven novels and nine plays, was born in 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin, the grandson of a Presbyterian clergyman, and the son of a government diplomat who later became a newspaper editor. For more information, please visit the American Literature Association Conference website. The 27th annual American Literature Association Conference will be held May 26-29, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. Thornton 1585-1681, daughter of Christopher and Mary Lake, married to Roger.
We encourage graduate students as well as established scholars to submit 500-word proposals and C.V.s to Park Bucker at by JanuJanuary 20, 2016. Samuel Allen, Samuel Arnold in 1732 Chapman 1672-1752, daughter of Edward. Information about his works and available editions can be found on our Works page and our Bibliography page. Proposals on Wilder’s plays, novels, or other writings will be considered. Possible approaches include Wilder’s depiction of “secret lives” or “lives separately led” the author’s presentation of both traditional marriage and same-sex relationships (e.g., Barnaby and Cornelius in The Matchmaker) issues of gender in Wilder’s Stage Manager characters characters as autobiographical surrogates for the author (e.g., Theophilus North, Dolly Levi, or Simon Stimson) and Wilder’s texts in conversation with gay authors (e.g., Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, Lanford Wilson). Recent revelations of the author’s secret sexuality present new opportunities for Wilder scholarship in the field of Queer Studies.
Steward, the novelist and professor who had hidden identities as a tattoo artist and pornographer. Justin Spring weaves a revealing biography of Samuel M. As documented by recent biographies Thornton Wilder: A Life by Penelope Niven and Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward by Justin Spring, Thornton Wilder lived as a deeply-closeted gay man. Justin Spring's Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade by. The Thornton Wilder Society invites proposals for a panel on Queer Readings of Thornton Wilder.
In May 2016, The Thornton Wilder Society will once again take part in the American Literature Association Conference.
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