Author:James Brander Matthews

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Brander Matthews
(1852–1929)

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American writer and educator. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at an American university and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study in the academic world. Pseudonym Arthur Penn.

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "B. M."

Works

Comedies for Amateur Acting (1879) Internet Archive identifier: comediesforamat00oakegoog
The Theatres of Paris (1880) Internet Archive identifier: theatresparis00mattgoog
French Dramatists of the Nineteenth Century (1881; revised in 1891 and 1901) Internet Archive identifier: cu31924027255136, Internet Archive identifier: frdramatistsofni00mattiala
Poems of American patriotism (1882) (editor) Internet Archive identifier: poemsofamericanp01matt
The rhymester 1882 (editor) Internet Archive identifier: rhymesterorrules00hood
The home library, 1883 Internet Archive identifier: homelibrary00matt
In partnership; studies in story-telling (1884), co-authored with Henry Cuyler Bunner Internet Archive identifier: inpartnershipst01bunngoog
The Last Meeting (1885) Internet Archive identifier: lastmeeting00mattiala
Sheridan's comedies (1885) (editor) Internet Archive identifier: sheridanscomedie01sher
Margery's Lovers (1884)
Actors and Actresses of the United States and Great Britain (five volumes, 1886), with Laurence Hutton Internet Archive identifier: actorsandactres00unkngoog
The secret of the sea, 1886 Internet Archive identifier: secretofseac00mattiala
Retrospections of America, 1797-1811 by John Bernard, (1886) (editor) Internet Archive identifier: retrospectionsa00mattgoog
Ballads of books, 1886 Internet Archive identifier: balladsbooks00mattgoog
The Life and Art of Edwin Booth and His Contemporaries, 1886 Internet Archive identifier: lifeandartedwin01huttgoog
Notes on Parisian newspapers, 1887 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: notesonparisiann00mattuoft
Pen and ink; papers on subjects of more or less importance, 1888 Internet Archive identifier: penandinkpapers00mattrich
Cheap books and good books, 1888 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cheapbooksandgo00mattgoog
American authors and British pirates, 1889 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_49151
A family tree, and other stories, 1889 Internet Archive identifier: familytreeothers00mattrich
Dramatic essays by Charles Lamb, 1891 Internet Archive identifier: dramaticessays00lambuoft
With my friends; tales told in partnership, 1891. With others. Internet Archive identifier: withmyfriendstal00mattiala
Tom Paulding : the story of a search for buried treasure in the streets of New York., 1892 Internet Archive identifier: tompauldingsyork00matt
A tale of twenty-five hours, 1892 Internet Archive identifier: taleoftwentyfive00mattiala
In the Vestibule Limited (1892) Internet Archive identifier: investibulelimit00mattuoft
Americanisms and Briticisms (1892) Internet Archive identifier: americanisms00matt
A Confident To-morrow, 1892 Internet Archive identifier: aconfidenttomor01mattgoog
The Story Of A Story, 1893 Internet Archive identifier: storyastoryando00mattgoog
The Decision of the Court (1893) Internet Archive identifier: decisionofcourtc00matt
This picture and that, 1894 Internet Archive identifier: thispicturethatc00matt
The royal marine: an idyl of Narragansett Pier, 1894 Internet Archive identifier: royalmarineanid00mattgoog
Vignettes of Manhattan (1894) Internet Archive identifier: cu31924022035798
Studies of the Stage (1894) Internet Archive identifier: studiesofstage00mattrich
Bookbindings old and new, 1895 Internet Archive identifier: bookbindingsold00mattgoog
His Father's Son (1895), Internet Archive identifier: hisfatherssonan01mattgoog
Aspects of Fiction (1896; revised in 1902) Internet Archive identifier: aspectsoffiction00matt1896
Tales in fantasy and fact, 1896 Internet Archive identifier: talesoffantasyfa00mattuoft
An Introduction to the Study of American Literature (1896) Internet Archive identifier: introductiontost00matt
The poems of H.C. Bunner by Henry Cuyler Bunner, 1896 (editor), Internet Archive identifier: poemsofhcbunner00bunniala
Outlines in Local Color (1898) Internet Archive identifier: outlineslocal00mattrich
Kembles And Their Contemporaries, 1900 (editor), Internet Archive identifier: KemblesAndTheirContemporaries
Edwin Booth and his contemporaries, 1900 (editor), Internet Archive identifier: edwinboothhiscon00mattrich
An Appreciation (of Mark Twain) (1899)
Counsel upon the reading of books, 1900. With others. Internet Archive identifier: counseluponreadi00ameriala
A Confident To-Morrow (1900) Internet Archive identifier: confidenttomorro00mattiala
The Action and the Word (1900) Internet Archive identifier: actionandwordan00mattgoog
The Historical Novel and Other Essays (1901) Internet Archive identifier: cu31924013355916
Notes on speech-making, 1901 Internet Archive identifier: notesonspeechma02mattgoog
Parts of Speech, Essays on English (1901) Internet Archive identifier: ourhouseboatonn00conggoog
Great Plays French And German, 1901 Internet Archive identifier: greatplaysfrench028441mbp
The last meeting, 1901 Internet Archive identifier: lastmeetingstory00mattiala
The Philosophy of the Short-Story (1901) Internet Archive identifier: philosophyshort00mattgoog
The Development of the Drama (1903) Internet Archive identifier: cu31924025945464
American familiar verse, 1904 (editor), Internet Archive identifier: americanfamiliar00matt
A history of Columbia university, 1754-1904; (1904) Internet Archive identifier: ahistorycolumbi02unkngoog
Recreations of an anthologist, 1904 Internet Archive identifier: recreationsofant00matt
American character, 1906 Internet Archive identifier: americancharact00mattgoog
The Short Story (1907) Internet Archive identifier: cu31924014559482
Inquiries and opinions, 1907 Internet Archive identifier: cu31924022216364
Americans of the Future and Other Essays (1909) Internet Archive identifier: americanfuture00mattrich
Moliere: His Life and Works (1910) Internet Archive identifier: molirehislifean01mattgoog
A study of the drama, 1910 Internet Archive identifier: cu31924026079222
A study of versification, 1911 Internet Archive identifier: cu31924014241669
Introduction to the Study of American literature (1911) Internet Archive identifier: cu31924022153666
Gateways to literature, and other essays, 1912 Internet Archive identifier: gatewaystoliter03mattgoog
Approaches to Literature in Columbia University Lectures on Literature (1911) (transcription project)
Vistas of New York, 1912 Internet Archive identifier: vistasofnewyork00mattiala
Shakespeare as a Playwright (1913) Internet Archive identifier: shakspereasapla00mattgoog
On Acting (1914) {IAl|onacting00mattiala external scan}}
The Oxford Book of American Essays (1914) Internet Archive identifier: oxfordbookameri02mattgoog
A book about the theater, 1916 Internet Archive identifier: bookabouttheater00mattiala
The Chief European Dramatists, 1916 (editor), Internet Archive identifier: chiefeuropeandr00mattgoog
Shaksperian studies, 1916 Internet Archive identifier: shaksperianstud00colu
These Many Years (1917), his autobiography Internet Archive identifier: thesemanyyearsr00matt
Principles of Playmaking (1919) Internet Archive identifier: principlesofplay00matt
Autobiography and Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley 1919, (editor), Internet Archive identifier: autobiographyan00mattgoog
Essays on English, 1921 Internet Archive identifier: essaysonenglish00mattgoog
Commemorative Tribute to Theodore Roosevelt, 1922 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: commemorativetr00mattgoog
The tocsin of revolt, and other essays, 1922 Internet Archive identifier: cu31924022499119
Playwrights on Playmaking (1923)

Contributions to EB1911

"Twain, Mark," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Short works from magazines

"H. C. Bunner" (n-f) (1896, Scribner's)
"The Latest Novelties in Language" in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 141 (1920) IA

Works about Matthews

"Matthews, James Brander, Litt.D., D.C.L., etc.," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.

This author died in 1929, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 95 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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