Contemporary American Literature. John Matthews Manly

is printed by Baker, Modern American Plays, 1920, and by Moses, Representative Plays by American Dramatists, 1918–21, III. For bibliography of unpublished plays, cf. Cambridge, III (IV), 763.

      Studies and Reviews

       Eaton, W. P. Plays and Players. 1916.

       Moses.

       Winter, William. Life of David Belasco. 1918.

       Acad. 83 (’12): 673.

       Nation, 100 (’10): 525.

       New Repub. 8 (’16): 155.

       Theatre Arts M. 5 (’21): 259=Outlook, 127 (’21): 418 (portrait).

      Stephen Vincent Benét—poet, novelist.

      Born at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1898; brother of William Rose Benét (q. v.) Graduate of Yale, 1919.

      Mr. Benét’s work at once attracted attention by its qualities of exuberance and fancy. In 1921, he shared with Carl Sandburg (q. v.) the prize of the Poetry Society of America.

      Bibliography

       Five Men and Pompey. 1915.

       The Drug Shop. 1917.

       Young Adventure. 1918.

       Heavens and Earth. 1920.

       The Beginning of Wisdom. 1921. (Novel.)

      Studies and Reviews

       Bookm. 47 (’18): 558 (Phelps); 54 (’21): 394.

       Dial, 71 (’21): 597.

       Poetry, 16 (’20): 53; 20 (’22): 340.

       See also Book Review Digest, 1919, 1920, 1921.

William Rose Benét—poet.

      Born at Fort Hamilton, New York Harbor, 1886. Ph. B., Sheffield Scientific School, Yale, 1907. Free lance writer in California 1907–11. Reader for the Century Magazine, 1911–18. In 1920, associate editor of the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post.

      Mr. Benét’s verse has attracted attention for its pictorial imagination, vigorous rhythms, and grotesque and lively fancy.

      Bibliography

       Merchants from Cathay. 1913.

       The Falconer of God. 1914.

       The Great White Wall. 1916.

       The Burglar of the Zodiac. 1918.

       Perpetual Light. 1919.

       Moons of Grandeur. 1920.

      Studies and Reviews

       Untermeyer.

       

       Bookm. 47 (’18): 558; 53 (’21): 168.

       Dial, 56 (’14): 67.

       Poetry, 5 (’14): 91; 9 (’17): 322; 12 (’18): 216; 15 (’19): 48.

       R. of Rs. 51 (’15): 759.

       See also Book Review Digest, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1920.

      Konrad Bercovici—story writer.

      Bibliography

       The Crimes of Charity. 1917. (With introduction by John Reed.)

       Dust of New York. 1919. (Short stories.)

       Ghiza and Other Romances of Gipsy Blood. 1921.

      For reviews, see Book Review Digest, 1917, 1919, 1921.

      Edwin (August) Björkman—critic.

      Born at Stockholm, Sweden, 1866. Educated in Stockholm high school. Clerk, actor, and journalist in Sweden, 1881–91. Came to America, 1891. On staffs of St. Paul and Minneapolis papers, 1892–7; on the New York Sun and New York Times, 1897–1905. On the editorial staff of the New York Evening Post, 1906. Department editor of the World’s Work and editor of the Modern Drama Series, 1912—.

      Bibliography

       Is There Anything New Under the Sun? 1911.

       Gleams: A Fragmentary Interpretation of Man and His World. 1912.

       Voices of To-morrow. 1913.

       The Soul of a Child. 1922. (Novel.)

      Studies and Reviews

       Cur. Op. 55 (’13): 190 (portrait).

       R. of Rs. 45 (’12): 115 (portrait).

       See also Book Review Digest, 1913.

      Maxwell Bodenheim—poet.

      Born at Natchez, Mississippi, 1892. Grammar school education. Served in the U. S. Army, 1910–13. Studied law and art in Chicago.

      Suggestions for Reading

      Mr. Bodenheim gets his effects by his management of detail. For this reason, his use of picture-making words and suggestive phrases offers material for special study. See the New Republic, 13 (’17): 211, for his own statement of his creed.

      Bibliography

       Minna and Myself. 1918.

       Advice. 1920.

       Introducing Irony. 1922.

       Also in: Poetry. (Passim.)

       The Little Review. (Passim.)

      Studies and Reviews

       Untermeyer.

       

       Dial, 66 (’19): 356; 69 (’20): 645.

       Poetry, 13 (’19): 342.

       See also Book Review Digest, 1920, 1921.

      Gamaliel Bradford—man of letters.

      Born at Boston, 1863. Studied at Harvard, 1882; no degree, because of ill health. Has confined his attention almost entirely to literature since 1886. Specializes in character portraits.

      Bibliography

       Types of American Character. 1895.

       A Pageant of Life. 1904.

       The Private Tutor. 1904.

       Between Two Masters. 1906.

       Matthew Porter. 1908.

       Lee, the American. 1912.

       Confederate Portraits. 1914.

       Union Portraits. 1916.

       Portraits of Women. 1916.

       A Naturalist of Souls. 1917.

       Portraits of American Women. 1919.

       The Prophet of Joy. 1920. (Poems.)

       Shadow Verses. 1920.

       American Portraits, 1875–1900. 1922.

      Studies and Reviews

       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