Brander Matthews
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Description
James Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American academic, writer and literary critic. He was the first full-time professor of dramatic literature at Columbia University in New York and played a significant role in establishing theater as a subject worthy of formal study by academics. His interests ranged from Shakespeare, Molière, and Ibsen to French boulevard comedies, folk theater, and the new realism of his own time.
Books
Actors and actresses of Great Britain and the United States, from the days of David Garrick to the present time
The best ghost stories
Actors and actresses of Great Britain and the United States
"In the five volumes ... there will be biographical and critical sketches of about seventy-five of the leading actors and actresses who have adorned the stage of Great Britain and the United States from 1750 to 1886"--Vol. 1, p. ix
Pen and ink
Essays on humor, plagiarism, Civil War songs.
Aspects of fiction and other ventures in criticism
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.