Stuart P(ratt) Sherman—critic.
Born at Anita, Iowa, 1881. A. B., Williams, 1903; A. M., Harvard, 1904; Ph. D., 1906. Taught English at Northwestern University, 1906-11; professor at the University of Illinois since 1911. Associate editor of the Cambridge History of American Literature.
Bibliography
- On Contemporary Literature. 1917.
- American and Allied Ideals. 1918.
Studies and Reviews
- Cur. Op. 64 (’18): 270 (portrait).
- Lamp, 29 (’04): 451, 452 (portrait).
- See also Book Review Digest, 1917.
Born at Baltimore, 1878. A. B., College of the City of New York, 1897. Did graduate work for four years at Columbia. Assisted in the government investigation of the Chicago stockyards, 1906 (cf. The Jungle). Socialist. Founded the Helicon Hall communistic colony at Englewood, New Jersey, 1906-7, and the Intercollegiate Socialist Society.
Bibliography
- King Midas. 1901.
- The Journal of Arthur Stirling. 1903. (Autobiographical.)
- *The Jungle. 1906.
- The Metropolis. 1908.
- The Money-changers. 1908.
- Plays of Protest. 1911.
- Sylvia. 1913.
- Sylvia’s Marriage. 1914.
- The Cry for Justice. 1915. (Anthology.)
- King Coal, a Novel of the Colorado Strike. 1917.
- Jimmie Higgins. 1919.
- *The Brass Check. 1919. (Arraignment of commercialized newspapers and plea for an endowed newspaper.)
- 100%; the Story of a Patriot. 1920.