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.
+Lloyd Mifflin+--poet.
Born at Columbia, Pennsylvania, 1846. Son of an artist. Educated at
Washington Classical Institute and by tutors. Studied art with his father
and in Germany and Italy. Began as a painter, but later turned to poetry.
Is best known for his sonnets, the form in which most of his poetry is
written. These may be studied in his _Collected Sonnets_, 1905 (revised
edition, 1907), although several volumes have been published since then.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Cur. Lit. 39 ('05): 106 (portrait).
Dial, 40 ('06): 125; 47 ('09): 100.
Nation, 81 ('05): 17, 508.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1905.
+Edna St. Vincent Millay+--poet, dramatist.
Born at Rockland, Maine, 1892. A.B., Vassar, 1917. Connected with the
Provincetown players both as dramatist and as actress.
Miss Millay's first poem, "Renascence," was published in _The Lyric
Year_, 1912.
SUGGESTIONS FOR READING
1. The poems need to be read aloud to give the full effect of their
passion and lyric beauty.
2. Compare Miss Millay's naivete with that of Blake. Do you find
suggestions of philosophy behind it or sheer emotion?
3. Does Miss Millay's later work show growth toward greatness or toward
sophisticated cleverness?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Renascence and other Poems. 1917.
A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets. 1920.
Aria da Capo. 1920. (Play; published in _The Monthly Chapbook_, 1920.)
Second April. 1921.
The Lamp and the Bell. 1921. (Play.)
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Untermeyer.
Freeman, 1 ('20): 307; 4 ('21): 189.
Poetry, 13 ('18): 167; 19 ('21): 151.
See also _Book Review Digest_, 1918, 1921.
+Enos A(bijah) Mills+--Nature writer.
Born near Kansas City, Kansas, 1870. Self-educated. Worked on a ranch
fourteen years. Foreman in a mine. Went to the Rocky Mountains early in
life. Built a home on Long's Peak, Colorado, 1886. Has explored the Rocky
Mountains extensively, alone, on foot, and without firearms. Colorado
"snow observer" for Government, 1907, 1908.
Mr. Mills has done valuable work for the protection of wild animals and
flowers and for the establishment of national parks. His work belongs
with that of Thoreau, Burroughs, and Muir (by whom he was influenced to
continue it) for its freshly observed Nature content.
Among his best-known books are, perhaps, _The Story of a Thousand Year
Pine_, 1914, and _The Story of Scotch_, 1916 (dog story).
For complete bibliography, see _Who's Who in America_.
STUDIES AND REVIEWS
Bookm. 51 ('20): 103.
Lit. Digest, 55 ('17): July 14, p. 44.
Sunset, 38 ('17): 40 (portrait).
+Philip Moeller+--dramatist.
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