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Arachne

Arachne

Arachne

Amos N. Wilder / Amos NWilder

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Editorial:
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Año de edición:
2014
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781498217569
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Amos N. Wilder (1895-1993), New Testament scholar, poet, literary critic, and clergyman, received all earned degrees from Yale. His teaching career included posts at Andover Newton Theological School, Chicago Theological Seminary, the University of Chicago, and Harvard Divinity School. Special honors included the Golden Rose of the New England Poetry Club (1943) and the Bross Prize (1952). Wilder also received the Croix de guerre for service in World War I. He was the brother of playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder.

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