Beyond the Horizon , Eugene O'Neill's first full-length play, opens at a special matinee at the Morosco Theater on February 2 – partly as an experiment on the part of the producer, partly to quiet the pleading of actor Richard Bennett who has demanded a chance to play the lead role. Reviewers hail the play and O'Neill becomes famous. The Emperor Jones is staged in November.
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald is published. It is a sensation, immediately establishing Fitzgerald as a writer and celebrity. Though the book's reputation will dim in later years, Dorothy Parker will recall that it was regarded as an innovative work when it first appeared.
Hart Crane publishes his poem My Grandmother's Love Letters in The Dial . This is his first real step towards recognition as a poet.
Van Wyck Brooks publishes The Ordeal of Mark Twain, arguing that Twain's genius was perverted by the conditions and culture of late 19th-century America. This is the beginning of the reassessment of Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens ( November 30, 1835- April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. Mark Twain was also a steamboat pilot, gold prospector, and journalist. At his peak, he, who until this point has been regarded primarily as a humorous entertainer. The 1920s will force a reconsideration of many 19th-century writers, most importantly Melville and Dickinson.
The Bridal Wreath - Sigrid UndsetCarl Van Vechten, 1927 Sigrid Undset ( May 20, 1882 June 10, 1949) was a Norwegian novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature for 1928. Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was 2 years old. In 1924, she
The Burning Glass - Marjorie Bowen
Chéri - ColetteColette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette ( January 28, 1873 August 3, 1954). She was born in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, in the Burgundy Region of France, the daughter of Jules-Joseph Colette and Adele Eugenie Sidonie
A Few Figs From Thistles - Edna St. Vincent MillayCarl Van Vechten, 1933 Edna St. Vincent Millay ( February 22, 1892 October 19, 1950) was a lyrical poet and playwright and the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She was also known for her unconventional and Bohemian lifestyle and her m
A Fool in Her Folly - Rhoda BroughtonRhoda Broughton ( November 29, 1840 June 5, 1920) was a novelist. Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh in north Wales. From an educated and well-to-do family, as a young girl she developed a taste for literature, especially poetry, and was encouraged by he
The Frontier in American History - Frederick Jackson TurnerFrederick Jackson Turner ( November 14, 1861 1932) was an American historian. Born in Portage, Wisconsin, Turner graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1884 and gained his Ph. from Johns Hopkins University in 1890. Frederick Jackson Turner is best
Harvest - Mary Augusta WardMary Augusta Ward ( June 11, 1851 March 26, 1920), was a novelist. Born Mary Augusta Arnold in Hobart, Tasmania, she grew up in a literary environment with a father who was a professor of literature and as a young lady married Thomas Ward, a writer/editor
