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.
+Susan Glaspell (Mrs. George Cram Cook)+--dramatist, novelist.
Born at Davenport, Iowa, 1882. Ph.B., Drake University and post-graduate
work at the University of Chicago. Statehouse and legislative reporter
for the _News_ and the _Capitol_, Des Moines. Connected with the Little
Theatre movement through the Provincetown Players.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Glory of the Conquered; the Story of a Great Love. 1909.
The Visioning. 1911. (Novel.)
Lifted Masks. 1912. (Short stories.)
Fidelity. 1915. (Novel.)
Suppressed Desires. 1915. (With George Cram Cook, q.v.)
Trifles. 1916.
People; and Close the Book. 1918.
Plays. 1920. (Trifles, The People, Close the Book, The Outside, Woman's
Honor, Suppressed Desires, with George Cram Cook, Tickless Time, with
same; and Bernice, a three act play.)
Inheritors. 1921.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 33 ('11): 350 (portrait), 419; 46 ('18): 700 (portrait).
Cur. Op. 59 ('15): 48 (portrait).
Freeman, 1 ('20): 518.
Nation, 111 ('20): 509; 113 ('21): 708.
R. of Rs. 39 ('09): 760 (portrait).
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1915, 1920.
+Montague (Marsden) Glass+ (England, 1877)--short-story writer. The
creator of Potash and Perlmutter.
For bibliography, see _Who's Who in America_.
+Kenneth Sawyer Goodman+--dramatist.
Born in 1883. Lieutenant in the Navy, chief aide at Great Lakes Naval
Station. Cooeperated with B. Iden Payne at Fine Arts Theatre, 1913. Died
in 1918.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dust of the Road, a Play in One Act. 1912.
Holbein in Blackfriars; an Improbable Comedy. 1913. (With Thomas Wood
Stevens.)
Back of the Yards, a Play in One Act. 1914.
Barbara, a Play in One Act. 1914.
The Game of Chess; a Play in One Act. 1914.
Ephraim and the Winged Bear; a Christmas-Eve Nightmare in One Act. 1914.
Dancing Dolls, a Fantastic Comedy in One Act. 1915.
A Man Can Only Do His Best; a Fantastic Comedy in One Act. 1915.
*Quick Curtains. 1915. (Includes all the preceding plays.)
The Green Scarf; an Artificial Comedy in One Act. 1920.
The Hero of Santa Maria; a Ridiculous Tragedy in One Act, 1920. (With
Ben Hecht, q.v.)
The Wonder Hat; a Harlequinade in One Act. 1920. (With Ben Hecht, q.v.)
+Robert Grant+--novelist.
Born at Boston, 1852. A.B., Harvard, 1873; Ph.D., 1876; LL.B., 1879.
Judge since 1893. Overseer of Harvard, 1895--.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Little Tin Gods on Wheels. 1879.
An Average Man. 1883.
The Reflections of a Married Man. 1892.
The Opinions of a Philosopher. 1893.
The Art of Living. 1895.
Unleavened Bread. 1900.
The Orchid. 1905.
The Chippendales. 1909.
The Convictions of a Grandfather. 1912.
Their Spirit. 1916.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
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