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Brander Matthews

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Gender Male
Death95 years ago
Date of birth February 21,1852
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born New Orleans
Louisiana
United States
Date of died March 31,1929
DiedNew York
New York
United States
Job Writer
Education Columbia College
Columbia University
Columbia Law School
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Date of Upd.
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Poems of American patriotism
A Book about the Theater
The philosophy of the short-story
Tales of Fantasy and Fact
Vignettes of Manhattan
The development of the drama
Americanisms and Briticisms, with Other Essays on Other Isms
Ballads of books
French dramatists of the 19th century
An introduction to the study of American literature
Vistas of New York
Outlines in local color
A study of the drama
Bookbindings old and new
The historical novel
The Short- story: Specimens Illustrating Its Development
A study of versification
The theatres of Paris
Studies of the stage
American Character
A gold mine
Inquiries and opinions
The Principles of Playmaking: And Other Discussions of the Drama
Shakspere as a playwright
These Many Years
The last meeting
Parts of Speech: Essays on English
These many years, recollections of a New Yorker
chief European dramatists
Essays on English
Gateways to literature
Pen and ink
In the vestibule limited
The life and art of Edwin Booth and his contemporaries
Molière, his life and his works
The decision of the court
The American of the Future: And Other Essays
The tocsin of revolt
The story of a story
A tale of twenty-five hours
In Partnership: Studies in Story-telling
Tom Paulding: The Story of a Search for Buried Treasure in the Streets of New York
The Home Library
On Acting
Playwrights on playmaking
Papers on playmaking
Recreations of an anthologist
Aspects of fiction and other ventures in criticism
Notes on speech-making
Classic Ghost Stories: The Rival Ghosts
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF WORLD'S GREATEST MYSTERIES – 60+ Whodunit Tales & Detective Stories (Ultimate Anthology): The World's Finest Mysteries by the World's Greatest Authors: The Purloined Letter, A Scandal in Bohemia, The Safety Match, The Black Hand, The Rope of Fear, Number 13, The Birth-Mark…
The Short‑Story
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James Brander Matthews 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.

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