In the following review of Americanisms and Briticisms, Birrell lambastes what he sees as Matthews's project to erect a barrier of nationalism between national literatures.
Messrs. Harper Br...
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In the following essay, Bender provides an appreciative overview of Matthews's involvement with the theater as playwright, theoretician, critic and teacher.
The recent publication of Papers ...
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In the following essay, referring to a travel diary Matthews kept when he was fourteen, Kleinfield examines the boy's impressions of and responses to a European excursion.
In five centuries,...
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In this essay, Oliver contrasts Matthews' version of Realism with Stephen Crane's by comparing Matthews' short story "Before the Break of Day" with Crane's sh...
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In the following essay, Oliver explores Matthews's long friendship with Theodore Roosevelt and the influence of the relationship on his fiction and nonfiction.
Yet the fact remains that the...
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In the following essay, Oliver examines the forty-year literary relationship between Matthews and William Dean Howells.
Recollecting his experiences as a member of the Saturday Club, Bliss Perry, a...
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In the following essay, Colby documents the collaboration between Matthews and Walter Besant, founder of the British Society of Authors, as they attempted to secure transatlantic copyright protections...
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In the following excerpt, Oliver reviews Matthews' three novels and considers the effect of his attitudes about race, class, and gender on his vision and practice of Realism.
In addition to ...
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In the following appreciation, Trent argues that Matthews's other impressive achievements ought not be permitted to eclipse his reputation as a major critic.
While there are few living Ameri...
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In the following essay, Matthews spells out the difference between the novel and the short story and defines the short story as a specific genre.
The difference between a Novel and a Novelet is one...
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In the following essay, Trent rejoices that Matthews's dramatic criticism is being collected for publication in book form and extols his merits as a critic
For some years, not a few of Mr. B...
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In the following review of Inquiries and Opinions, Phelps offers some minor reservations about Matthews's literary judgments, but, on the whole, enthusiastically endorses them.
Among America...
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In the following essay, the critic depicts Matthews as a literary dilettante mired in the past and of little contemporary importance
The year 1922 was an annus mirabilis in many ways. One of the mo...
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In the following essay, Sherman contrasts what he sees as the mean-spiritedness of the attacks upon Matthews by the new generation of writers and the sweetness of his response.
Criticise the book b...
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In the following review Milne addresses the criticism of George Jean Nathan and Matthews, dismissing the ideas of the former.
Mr. George Jean Nathan comes from the "Mother, look at George!&...
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In the following tribute, Butler, president of Columbia University from 1902 to 1945, commemorates his departed friend and colleague with deep and affectionate praise.
There are men who do importa...
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In January 1957, a bus boycott under the slogan "Azikwelwa" (or "We shall not ride") was initiated by the people of Alexandra Township near Johannesburg to prevent the imposition of increased transpor...
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Augustine Birrell (essay date, 1894)
James Matthews's Azikwelwa
