Contemporary American Literature Part 48

+Marianne Moore+--poet.

Her reputation was established by her poems in _Others_, 1916, 1917, 1919, and in the _Dial_ and _Poetry_ (_pa.s.sim_). Her first volume, _Poems_, was published in 1921. Cf. _Poetry_, 20 ('22): 208.

+Paul Elmer More+--critic, man of letters.

Born at St. Louis, 1864. A.B., Was.h.i.+ngton University, 1887; A.M., 1892; Harvard, 1893. Honorary higher degrees. Taught Sanskrit at Harvard, 1894-5; Sanskrit and cla.s.sical literature at Bryn Mawr, 1895-7. Literary editor of _The Independent_, 1901-3; _New York Evening Post_, 1903-9.

Editor of _The Nation_, 1909-14.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A Century of Indian Epigrams; Chiefly from the Sanskrit of Bhartrihari.

1898.

The Jessica Letters, an Editor's Romance. 1904. (With Mrs. L.H. Harris.) *Shelburne Essays, (11 volumes.) 1904-21.

Nietzsche. 1912.

Platonism. 1917.

The Religion of Plato. 1921.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Pattee.

Acad. 80 ('11): 353.

Ath. 1909, 1: 67; 1920, 1: 703.

Bookm. (Lond.) 44 ('13): 256; 58 ('20): 207.

Critic, 45 ('04): 395 (portrait).

Cur. Op. 55 ('13): 126.

Ind. 65 ('08): 1337 (portrait).

Outlook, 81 ('05): 678.

Philos. R. 26 ('17): 409.

Putnam's, 1 ('07): 716 (portrait) 752.

Review, 2 ('20): 54.

R. of Rs. 60 ('19): 190 (portrait).

Sat. Rev. 132 ('21): 323.

Sewanee R. 26 ('18): 63.

Spec. 116 ('16): 632; 125 ('20): 113.

+Christopher (Darlington) Morley+--essayist, poet.

Born at Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1890. A.B., Haverford College, 1910.

Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, 1910-13. Editorial staff Doubleday, Page and Company, 1913-17; _Ladies Home Journal_, 1917-18; _Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger_, 1918-20. In 1920, began his column, "The Bowling Green"

in the _New York Evening Post_.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Eighth Sin. 1912.

Parna.s.sus on Wheels. 1917.

Songs for a Little House. 1917.

Shandygaff. 1918.

The Rocking Horse. 1919.

The Haunted Book Shop. 1919.

In the Sweet Dry and Dry. 1919. (+With Bart Haley.+) Mince Pie. 1919.

Travels in Philadelphia. 1920.

Kathleen. 1920.

Hide and Seek. 1920. (Poems.) Chimneysmoke. 1921.

Modern Essays. 1921. (Compilation.) Plum Pudding. 1921.

Tales from a Roll-Top Desk. 1921.

Where the Blue Begins. 1922.

Thursday Evening. 1922. (Play.)

STUDIES AND REVIEWS

Bookm. 46 ('18): 657 (portrait).

Everybody's 42 ('20): Feb., p. 29 (portrait).

Ind. 94 ('18): 412 (portrait).

Lit. Digest, 63 ('19): Oct. 18, p. 27=Liv. Age, 303 ('19): 170.

Outlook, 124 ('20): 202 (portrait).

+George Jean Nathan+--critic, man of letters.

Born at Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1882. A.B., Cornell, 1904. On editorial staff of the _New York Herald_, 1904-6. On the staffs of various magazines, including _Harper's Weekly_, the _a.s.sociated Sunday Magazine_, and the _Smart Set_, usually as dramatic critic, 1906-14. With James Huneker (q.v.) dramatic critic for _Puck_, 1915-6. Dramatic critic for the National Syndicate of Newspapers since 1912. Editor since 1914 of _The Smart Set_ (with H.L. Mencken, q.v.).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Europe After 8:15. 1914. (With H.L. Mencken, q.v., and Willard Huntingdon Wright.) Another Book on the Theatre. 1916.

Bottoms Up. 1917.

Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents. 1917.

A Book Without a t.i.tle. 1918.

The Popular Theatre. 1918.

Comedians All. 1919.

Heliogabalus. 1920. (With H.L. Mencken, q.v.) The American Credo. 1920. (With H.L. Mencken, q.v.).

The Theatre, the Drama, the Girls. 1921.

The Critic and the Drama. 1922.

STUDIES AND REVIEWS