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Stephen Vincent Benet: Essays on His Life and Work


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When Stephen Vincent Benet died in 1943 at the age of 44, all of America mourned the loss. Benet was one of the country's most well known poets of the first half of the twentieth century and as a fiction writer, he had an even larger audience. This book is a collection of essays celebrating Benet and his writing. The first group of essays addresses Benet's life, times, and personal relationships. Thomas Carr Benet reminisces about his father in the first essay, and others consider Benet's marriage to his wife Rosemary; Archibald MacLeish, Thornton Wilder and Benet as friends, liberal humanists and public activists; and his friendships with Philip Barry, Jed Harris, and Thornton Wilder. The second group contains essays about Benet's poetry, fiction, and drama. They discuss Benet's role in the development of historical poetry in America, John Brown's Body and the Civil War, Hawthorne, Benet and historical fiction, Benet's Faustian America, the adaptation of "The Devil and Daniel Webster" to drama and then to film, Benet's use of fantasy and science fiction, and Benet as a dramatist for stage, screen and radio.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents Acknowledgments     Introduction     Chronology     Invocation     LIFE, TIMES, PEOPLE 1 A Son Remembers     2 Stephen and Rosemary: A Love Story     3 The Yale Club of Benét, Archibald MacLeish, and Thornton Wilder    4 The Charmed Circle of Benét: Philip Barry, Jed Harris, Thornton Wilder    POETRY, FICTION, DRAMA 5 123 College Street: Benét and the Development of an Historical Poetry for America    6 John Brown’s Body and the Meaning of the Civil War     7 American History in the Short Stories of Benét and Hawthorne     8 Waking from Nightmares: Benét’s Faustian America     9 American Reincarnations: “The Devil and Daniel Webster” from Fiction to Drama to Film   10 Benét in the Twilight Zone: Fantasy and Science Fiction     11 Benét as Dramatist for Stage, Screen, and Radio     About the Contributors     Bibliography     Index    

About the Author :
David Garrett Izzo is an emeritus professor of English who has published 16 books and 60 essays of literary scholarship, as well as three novels and two plays. He lives in Haw River, North Carolina. Lincoln Konkle is a professor at the College of New Jersey where he teaches American drama, modern drama, and creative writing. He lives in Ewing, New Jersey.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780786413645
  • Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 256
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Essays on His Life and Work
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0786413646
  • Publisher Date: 23 Dec 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 404 gr


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