Matthews, Brander 1852-1929

Overview

Works:	661 works in 2,486 publications in 3 languages and 40,566 library holdings
Genres:	Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Short stories Poetry Essays Textbooks Historical fiction Literature War poetry Biographies
Roles:	Author, Editor, Other, Author of introduction, Creator, Contributor, Correspondent, Plaintiff
Classifications:	PN1661, 808.2

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Brander Matthews

These many years, recollections of a New Yorker by Matthews Brander( Book )
Brander Matthews, Theodore Roosevelt, and the politics of American literature, 1880-1920 by Lawrence J Oliver( Book )
Collaborators in literary America, 1870-1920 by Susanna Ashton( Book )
The book of truth and facts; facts which every American should know by Fritz von Frantzius( Book )
Twentieth-century literary criticism. excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, and other creative writers, 1900-1960 by Thomas J Schoenberg( )

Germans as exponents of culture by Fritz von Frantzius( )
The poems of H.C. Bunner by H. C Bunner( Book )
The bookshelf of Brander Matthews by Columbia University( Book )
Commemorative tributes to: Van der Stucken and Chadwick by American Academy of Arts and Letters( Book )
The book of truth and facts : facts which every American should know : German culture, English culture, American culture by Fritz von Frantzius( )
The theatre of Brander Matthews by JACK EARL BENDER( )
A critical study of Brander Matthews' dramatic theory by George Waldo Weyant( )
Catalogue of Brander Matthews collection of theatre models by Donald Pace( Book )
The bookshelf of Brander Matthews by Columbia University( Book )
by Woodrow Wilson( )
In partnership : collaborating to construct American authorship, 1870-1920 by Susanna Margaret Ashton( )
Catalogue of books ... : Monday and Tuesday afternoons, December 21 and 22, 1908 by Inc Anderson Galleries( Book )
to Brainerd. New York, NY by Brander Matthews( )
Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum records by Brander Matthews Dramatic Museum( )
Milton M. Smith manuscript by Milton Myers Smith( )

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Most widely held works by Brander Matthews

The chief European dramatists : twenty-one plays from the drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway, from 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D. by Brander Matthews( Book )

9 editions published between 1916 and 2004 in English and held by 1,281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Twenty one plays from the drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway from 500 B. C. to 1879 A

Poems of American patriotism by Brander Matthews( )

45 editions published between 1882 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,097 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An attempt has been made in the present collection to gather together the patriotic poems of America those which depict feelings as well as those which describe actions since these latter are as indicative of the temper of the time.' (Excerpt from Prefatory Note)

French dramatists of the nineteenth century by Brander Matthews( Book )

63 editions published between 1881 and 2017 in English and held by 1,062 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Short story theories by Charles E May( Book )

1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 1,021 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of essays by twenty short-story writers and critics, ranging from Poe to Gordimer, offers theoretical analyses of and approaches to the short story, considered as a distinct and significant genre

The historical novel, and other essays by Brander Matthews( Book )

37 editions published between 1901 and 2011 in English and held by 894 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In this collection of essays, published in 1901, Brander offers his cogent analysis and critique of a wide range of literary topics. Included among the essays are, The Study of Fiction," Romance Against Romanticism," and Literature as a Profession." He also offers his insights into the works of such writers as Alphonse Daudet, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Mark Twain

Ballads of books by Brander Matthews( Book )

34 editions published between 1886 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 866 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The development of the drama by Brander Matthews( Book )

58 editions published between 1903 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 862 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Inquiries and opinions by Brander Matthews( )

23 editions published between 1907 and 2012 in English and held by 839 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Commentary and criticism of the state of modern literature

An introduction to the study of American literature by Brander Matthews( Book )

45 editions published between 1869 and 2016 in English and held by 822 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A study of the drama by Brander Matthews( Book )

28 editions published between 1910 and 2016 in English and held by 804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Papers on playmaking by Brander Matthews( Book )

13 editions published between 1957 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 772 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Molière, his life and his works by Brander Matthews( Book )

33 editions published between 1910 and 2015 in English and held by 733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shaksperian studies by Columbia University( Book )

32 editions published between 1916 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 670 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Playwrights on playmaking, and other studies of the stage by Brander Matthews( Book )

16 editions published between 1923 and 1967 in English and held by 669 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakspere as a playwright by Brander Matthews( Book )

30 editions published between 1912 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 658 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The chief British dramatists, excluding Shakespeare : twenty-five plays from the middle of the fifteenth century to the end of the nineteenth by Brander Matthews( Book )

17 editions published between 1924 and 1929 in English and held by 648 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Oxford book of American essays by Benjamin Franklin( Book )

19 editions published between 1914 and 2012 in English and held by 625 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From Franklin and Emerson to Whitman and Roosevelt, Brander Matthews expertly selected 32 essays on topics literary, political and humorous spanning over a century of this form's development in America

Papers on acting by Brander Matthews( Book )

10 editions published between 1958 and 1969 in English and held by 612 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Aspects of fiction, and other ventures in criticism by Brander Matthews( Book )

28 editions published between 1892 and 2015 in English and held by 588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

American literature -- Two studies of the South -- The penalty of humor -- On pleasing the taste of the public -- On Certain parallelisms between the ancient drama and the modern -- Two Scotsmen of letters, Mr. Andrew Lang, Robert Louis Stevenson -- Aspects of fiction

Rip Van Winkle goes to the play : and other essays on plays and players by Brander Matthews( Book )

15 editions published between 1926 and 1967 in English and held by 535 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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