Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers

Various and Joyce Kilmer (1886 - 1918)

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

Genre(s): Writing & Linguistics

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Introduction BettyB
00:04:19
Play 02 William Dean Howells: War Stops Literature Denise Nordell
00:14:52
Play 03 Kathleen Norris: The Joys of the Poor MaryAnn
00:13:54
Play 04 Booth Tarkington: National Prosperity and Art BettyB
00:10:31
Play 05 Montague Glass: Romanticism and American Humor realisticspeakers
00:19:58
Play 06 Rex Beach: The 'Movies' Benefit Literature Kathleen Moore
00:12:10
Play 07 Robert W. Chambers: What is Genius? Kathleen Moore
00:13:09
Play 08 James Lane Allen: Deterioration of the Short Story BettyB
00:12:46
Play 09 Harry Leon Wilson: Some Harmful Influences MaryAnn
00:18:21
Play 10 Edward Sandford Martin: The Passing of the Snob Mike Pelton
00:13:03
Play 11 Robert Herrick: Commericalizing the Sex Instinct Mike Pelton
00:14:35
Play 12 Arthur Guiterman: Sixteen Don'ts for Poets Timothy Ferguson
00:11:26
Play 13 George Barr Mccutcheon: Magazines Cheapen Fiction BettyB
00:13:41
Play 14 Frank H. Spearman: Business Incompatible with Art Jesse Zuba
00:19:58
Play 15 Will N. Harben: The Novel Must Go BettyB
00:13:25
Play 16 John Erskine: Literature in the Colleges Pamela Nagami
00:13:19
Play 17 John Burroughs: City Life versus Literature BettyB
00:18:21
Play 18 Ellen Glasgow: 'Evasive Idealism' in Literature BettyB
00:13:50
Play 19 Fannie Hurst: 'Chocolate Fudge' in the Magazines BettyB
00:13:16
Play 20 Amy Lowell: The New Spirit in Poetry Denise Nordell
00:11:29
Play 21 Edwin Arlington Robinson: A New Definition of Poetry John Burlinson
00:12:18
Play 22 Josephine Preston Peabody: Let Poetry be Free BettyB
00:13:12
Play 23 Charles Rann Kennedy: The Heresy of Supermanism Amal ArRumaih
00:15:19
Play 24 Percy MacKaye: The Masque and Democracy Amal ArRumaih
00:17:43