Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and Study OutlinesManly, John Matthews
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Contemporary American Literature: Bibliographies and Study Outlines
Manly, John Matthews
American literature -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliography; American literature -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Bookm. 41 ('15): 586 (portrait); 52 ('20): 170.
Nation, 112 ('21): 86.
New Repub. 9 ('16): supp. p. 3.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1916, 1920.
+George H. Broadhurst+ (1866)--dramatist.
Of his plays the following have been published:
What Happened to Jones. 1897.
The Man of the Hour. 1908.
Why Smith Left Home. 1912.
The Law of the Land. 1914.
Innocent. 1914.
Bought and Paid for. 1916.
For bibliography of unpublished plays, see _Cambridge_, III (IV), 773.
+Alter Brody+--poet.
Born in Russia, 1895, of a Russian-Jewish family. Came to New York when
he was eight years old. Very little education. Translated for Jewish and
American newspapers. His first poems appeared in _The Seven Arts_ (cf.
James Oppenheim).
His one book, _A Family Album_, 1918, is interesting for its realistic
pictures of New York as seen through the temperament of a Russian Jew.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Poetry, 14 ('19): 280.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1918.
+Charles (Stephen) Brooks+--essayist.
Born in 1878. Graduate of Yale. Business man in Cleveland. Essay writing
an avocation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Journeys to Bagdad. 1915.
"There's Pippins and Cheese to Come." 1917.
Chimney-Pot Papers. 1919.
Luca Sarto. 1920. (Historical novel.)
Hints to Pilgrims. 1921.
Frightful Plays! 1922.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 47 ('18): 439 (portrait).
Nation, 109 ('19): 178.
Review, 2 ('20): 463.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920.
+Van Wyck Brooks+--critic.
Born at Plainfield, New Jersey, 1886. A.B., Harvard, 1907. Taught at
Leland Stanford, 1911-3. With the Century Company since 1915.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Wine of the Puritans. 1909.
The Malady of the Ideal. 1913.
John Addington Symonds--a Biographical Study. 1914.
The World of H.G. Wells. 1915.
America's Coming-of-Age. 1915.
Letters and Leadership. 1918.
The Ordeal of Mark Twain. 1919.
The History of a Literary Radical; a Biography of Randolph Bourne, 1920.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 41 ('15): 132 (portrait); 52 ('21): 333.
Dial, 69 ('20): 293.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1920.
+Heywood (Campbell) Broun+--critic, essayist.
Born at Brooklyn, New York, 1888. Studied at Harvard, 1906-10. On
_Morning Telegraph_, New York, 1908-9, 1911-12; _New York Tribune_,
1912-21. Now with _New York World_. War correspondent in France, 1917.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A.E.F.--With General Pershing and the American Forces. 1918.
Seeing Things at Night. 1921.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 53 ('21): 443.
Cur. Op. 67 ('19): 315.
Dial, 65 ('18): 125.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1918, 1921.
+Alice Brown+--short-story writer, novelist, dramatist.
Born on a farm near Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, 1857. Graduated from
Robinson Seminary, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1876. Lived on a farm many
years and loves outdoor life. Many years on staff of _Youth's
Companion_.
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