Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers


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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 (5 hr 34 min)

Chapters

Introduction 4:19 Read by BettyB
William Dean Howells: War Stops Literature 14:52 Read by Denise Nordell
Kathleen Norris: The Joys of the Poor 13:54 Read by MaryAnn
Booth Tarkington: National Prosperity and Art 10:31 Read by BettyB
Montague Glass: Romanticism and American Humor 19:58 Read by realisticspeakers
Rex Beach: The 'Movies' Benefit Literature 12:10 Read by Kathleen Moore
Robert W. Chambers: What is Genius? 13:09 Read by Kathleen Moore
James Lane Allen: Deterioration of the Short Story 12:46 Read by BettyB
Harry Leon Wilson: Some Harmful Influences 18:21 Read by MaryAnn
Edward Sandford Martin: The Passing of the Snob 13:03 Read by Mike Pelton
Robert Herrick: Commericalizing the Sex Instinct 14:35 Read by Mike Pelton
Arthur Guiterman: Sixteen Don'ts for Poets 11:26 Read by Timothy Ferguson
George Barr Mccutcheon: Magazines Cheapen Fiction 13:41 Read by BettyB
Frank H. Spearman: Business Incompatible with Art 19:58 Read by Jesse Zuba
Will N. Harben: The Novel Must Go 13:25 Read by BettyB
John Erskine: Literature in the Colleges 13:19 Read by Pamela Nagami
John Burroughs: City Life versus Literature 18:21 Read by BettyB
Ellen Glasgow: 'Evasive Idealism' in Literature 13:50 Read by BettyB
Fannie Hurst: 'Chocolate Fudge' in the Magazines 13:16 Read by BettyB
Amy Lowell: The New Spirit in Poetry 11:29 Read by Denise Nordell
Edwin Arlington Robinson: A New Definition of Poetry 12:18 Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Josephine Preston Peabody: Let Poetry be Free 13:12 Read by BettyB
Charles Rann Kennedy: The Heresy of Supermanism 15:19 Read by Amal ArRumaih
Percy MacKaye: The Masque and Democracy 17:43 Read by Amal ArRumaih