And now Wilder has inspired a very long, thorough, and somewhat misguided biography, "Thornton Wilder: A Life" (HarperCollins), by Penelope Niven, who has produced comparably exhaustive tomes about Carl Sandburg and Edward Steichen.
Should "Gone Girl" convince you that our contemporary skepticism about marriage is rooted, ultimately, in our lurid, misguided, communal fantasy life?
The Sears' underlying contention is that, through a combination of modern life, misguided experts and selfishness, we have become emotionally detached from our children; parents need consciously to rebuild that attachment.
This gave me a wholly misguided sense of life as a process of cumulative improvement, which would take several painful years of experience to dispel, but on the plus side, Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn gave me my first understanding of just how deep the pleasures of reading could run.
His policies were misguided, his business life was reckless and greedy, and he has shown no sense of responsibility for the consequences of his actions.
I wouldn't call my pre-baby outlook on life misguided, but like most 20-, er, 30-something-year-old professionals (especially those here in New York), the concept of work-life balance was far-fetched, to say the least.
Living with integrity would have replaced misguided attempts at conquering life.
The conclusion that U.F.O.'s are proof of extraterrestrial life is misguided, she said, and the people who broadcast that belief hindered support for real scientific research.
"The idea that the best players will be at shortstop or pitch for the rest of their life," is misguided, he said, adding that colleges and the major leagues are filled with outfielders who used to pitch or play shortstop.
