Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers


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This is a collection of 23 essays based on interviews conducted by Joyce Kilmer with some of the most famous authors of the time (1917). Kilmer's idea, as outlined in the Introduction, was that there is a deep divide between those who write literature, and those who write about literature. He thus bridges the gap and asks authors, the 'makers' as mentioned in the title of the work, about their opinion about various topics. - Summary by Carolin (5 hr 34 min)

Chapitres

Introduction 4:19 Lu par BettyB
William Dean Howells: War Stops Literature 14:52 Lu par Denise Nordell
Kathleen Norris: The Joys of the Poor 13:54 Lu par MaryAnn
Booth Tarkington: National Prosperity and Art 10:31 Lu par BettyB
Montague Glass: Romanticism and American Humor 19:58 Lu par realisticspeakers
Rex Beach: The 'Movies' Benefit Literature 12:10 Lu par Kathleen Moore
Robert W. Chambers: What is Genius? 13:09 Lu par Kathleen Moore
James Lane Allen: Deterioration of the Short Story 12:46 Lu par BettyB
Harry Leon Wilson: Some Harmful Influences 18:21 Lu par MaryAnn
Edward Sandford Martin: The Passing of the Snob 13:03 Lu par Mike Pelton
Robert Herrick: Commericalizing the Sex Instinct 14:35 Lu par Mike Pelton
Arthur Guiterman: Sixteen Don'ts for Poets 11:26 Lu par Timothy Ferguson
George Barr Mccutcheon: Magazines Cheapen Fiction 13:41 Lu par BettyB
Frank H. Spearman: Business Incompatible with Art 19:58 Lu par Jesse Zuba
Will N. Harben: The Novel Must Go 13:25 Lu par BettyB
John Erskine: Literature in the Colleges 13:19 Lu par Pamela Nagami
John Burroughs: City Life versus Literature 18:21 Lu par BettyB
Ellen Glasgow: 'Evasive Idealism' in Literature 13:50 Lu par BettyB
Fannie Hurst: 'Chocolate Fudge' in the Magazines 13:16 Lu par BettyB
Amy Lowell: The New Spirit in Poetry 11:29 Lu par Denise Nordell
Edwin Arlington Robinson: A New Definition of Poetry 12:18 Lu par John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Josephine Preston Peabody: Let Poetry be Free 13:12 Lu par BettyB
Charles Rann Kennedy: The Heresy of Supermanism 15:19 Lu par Amal ArRumaih
Percy MacKaye: The Masque and Democracy 17:43 Lu par Amal ArRumaih