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Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers

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Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers

by Joyce Kilmer, Various

English· 05:34:55· 24 chapters
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

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Introduction

    04:19
  2. Chapter 2

    William Dean Howells: War Stops Literature

    14:52
  3. Chapter 3

    Kathleen Norris: The Joys of the Poor

    13:54
  4. Chapter 4

    Booth Tarkington: National Prosperity and Art

    10:31
  5. Chapter 5

    Montague Glass: Romanticism and American Humor

    19:58
  6. Chapter 6

    Rex Beach: The 'Movies' Benefit Literature

    12:10
  7. Chapter 7

    Robert W. Chambers: What is Genius?

    13:09
  8. Chapter 8

    James Lane Allen: Deterioration of the Short Story

    12:46
  9. Chapter 9

    Harry Leon Wilson: Some Harmful Influences

    18:21
  10. Chapter 10

    Edward Sandford Martin: The Passing of the Snob

    13:03
  11. Chapter 11

    Robert Herrick: Commericalizing the Sex Instinct

    14:35
  12. Chapter 12

    Arthur Guiterman: Sixteen Don'ts for Poets

    11:26
  13. Chapter 13

    George Barr Mccutcheon: Magazines Cheapen Fiction

    13:41
  14. Chapter 14

    Frank H. Spearman: Business Incompatible with Art

    19:58
  15. Chapter 15

    Will N. Harben: The Novel Must Go

    13:25
  16. Chapter 16

    John Erskine: Literature in the Colleges

    13:19
  17. Chapter 17

    John Burroughs: City Life versus Literature

    18:21
  18. Chapter 18

    Ellen Glasgow: 'Evasive Idealism' in Literature

    13:50
  19. Chapter 19

    Fannie Hurst: 'Chocolate Fudge' in the Magazines

    13:16
  20. Chapter 20

    Amy Lowell: The New Spirit in Poetry

    11:29
  21. Chapter 21

    Edwin Arlington Robinson: A New Definition of Poetry

    12:18
  22. Chapter 22

    Josephine Preston Peabody: Let Poetry be Free

    13:12
  23. Chapter 23

    Charles Rann Kennedy: The Heresy of Supermanism

    15:19
  24. Chapter 24

    Percy MacKaye: The Masque and Democracy

    17:43