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360–61, 364–65, 386–87, 388, 394, 397, 398–99, 410, 412–13, 420, 456, 512, 518, 536, 591, 625, 660, 695–96
    and music, 37, 70, 87, 97–98, 108, 215, 284, 608, 657
    at Oberlin, 91–92, 94–98, 99–104, 114, 116, 117–22, 123, 124–26, 131–33, 134–36
    as outsider, 63, 66, 90, 129, 159, 291
    in Paris, 196–200, 216, 262, 283–84
    and patriotism, 410, 429
    personal traits of, 289–90, 300
    at Princeton, 240, 251–52, 254, 259–60, 271, 273
    privacy sought by, 256–59, 433–34, 438, 440, 500, 604
    as public lecturer, 243, 316–17, 330–31, 338, 341, 344, 350, 351–52, 365, 386, 412, 592, 593, 597–98, 599–602, 609–13, 623, 644–45
    and religion, 13, 62, 107–9, 122, 126, 137, 175, 192, 215, 267, 290, 351
    restlessness of, 173, 294, 365, 369, 383, 430, 474, 480, 590, 604
    in Rome, 180, 181–92, 193–94, 196, 216, 262, 278, 423–24, 441, 579
    running cross-country, 44–45, 52
    and S4N, 177–78, 220, 243, 245
    screenwriting, 383–87, 480, 482–83, 534–38, 620, 646
    and sea travel, 182, 487, 664, 680
    and sexuality, 171, 264, 336, 427–28, 433–40, 499, 603, 632–33, 694–95
    solitude of, 44–45, 52, 71, 75, 112–13, 365, 404, 416–17, 430, 473, 494, 505, 506, 599, 604, 611–12, 631, 656
    and spirituality, 97, 109, 215–16, 267, 312, 416, 439, 635, 669, 673, 703
    and teaching, 83, 203–4, 209, 211, 214, 215–16, 220, 222, 228, 239–40, 303, 319, 328, 331, 345, 346, 360–61, 378, 393, 412, 420, 522
    temperance pledge of, 55, 320, 358, 630
    and the theater, 27, 28, 34–35, 72–73, 77, 84, 85–86, 241, 248, 349, 418, 419, 424, 660
    on Time cover, 623
    as tutor, 247–48, 274, 294, 298–99
    as twinless twin, 1, 137, 307, 566, 682
    on unamism, 199
    at University of Chicago, 341, 345–46, 355, 365, 393, 412, 414–15, 420, 522–23
    in West Indies, 416–17
    and women, 99, 102, 156–57, 191, 247–48, 256–58, 260–62, 270–72, 283, 289, 291–92, 589–90, 672
    and World War I, 128–31, 132–33, 134, 136, 145, 159, 160–61, 163, 164–66, 167–68, 169, 172
    and World War II, 528, 529–30, 537, 538–41, 544, 545, 550–51, 553–54, 556–65, 569
    writing ambitions of, 45, 88, 91, 95, 96, 125, 152, 153, 161, 178, 187, 194, 258–59, 347–48; see also Wilder, Thornton Niven, writings of
    at Yale, 144–45, 146–53, 158–60, 170, 171, 173, 174–78
    Wilder, Thornton Niven, journals of:
    on European trip, 275–79
    on “Induration,” 689
    on journey to Hong Kong, 18
    letter book, 222
    on the nature of love, 632–34
    notes on reading, 101, 212–14, 237–38, 334, 613, 637
    notes on writings, 28, 100–101, 131, 306, 335, 337–38, 401, 402, 593–96, 598–99, 628, 635, 637–38, 642–43, 656, 689–90
    at Oberlin, 131–33
    â€œOn Happy Endings, and the Pessimist,” 521
    self-assessments in, 215–16, 485–86, 493–94, 505–6, 594, 605–7, 622
    â€œSketch for a Portrait of Tia [Anna] Bates,” 520
    talking to himself in, 136, 212, 257–58, 290, 382, 499–500, 503, 520–21, 595, 598–99, 604, 605, 611, 613, 628, 632, 637–38, 646, 648
    on wars, 132–33, 136, 492, 608
    â€œWhy One Writes and What One Writes,” 594
    on women, 499–500, 672
    Wilder, Thornton Niven, writings of:
    The Acolyte, 131–32
    adaptations of, 648–50
    The Advertisement League, 77
    â€œAfter a Visit to England,” 527
    The Alcestiad/A Life in the Sun, 439, 473–76, 478, 529, 533, 541, 567–69, 572, 580, 587, 605, 627–30, 634–35, 639–40, 645, 647, 653, 674
    â€œThe American Loneliness,” 616
    And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead, 178, 233
    The Angel on the Ship, 149
    The Angel That Troubled the Waters and