In the following essay, Burton examines the influences that formed Roosevelt's prose style.

In the following essay, Zyskind studies Roosevelt as an example of a public figure who embodied conflicting views and qualities whose source of may be found in the nature of philosophic rhetoric.

Mencken was one of the most influential figures in American literature from the First World War until the early years of the Great Depression. His strongly individualistic, irreverent outlook on life and his vigorous, invective-charged writing style helped establish the iconoclastic spirit of the Jazz Age and significantly shaped the direction of American literature. In the following essay, Mencken condemns what he considers unjustifiably favorable portrayals of Roosevelt by his early biographers.

In the following essay, Gibson outlines the affinities and conflicts between Roosevelt and Mark Twain.

In the following review, Burton discusses a likeness he perceives in the attitudes and ideas of Roosevelt and the poet Edward Arlington Robinson.

In the following essay, Aaron charts the declining image and reputation of Roosevelt as a public figure.

In the following essay, Cooper traces Roosevelt's development as a historian.

In the following essay, Beers praises Roosevelt for his ability to translate his experiences as a man of action into a body of literary works.

In the following essay, Miller offers a critical view of Roosevelt's historical works.

An American educator and critic, Moers is the author of The Dandy: Brummel to Beerbohm (1960) and Literary Women (1976). In the following essay, she documents Roosevelt's relationship to New York's literati during his term as police commissioner of that city.

An American critic, playwright, novelist, and educator, Matthews wrote extensively on world drama. In the following essay, originally published in 1919, he examines Roosevelt's multifaceted character as expressed in his writings.

In the following essay, Klein discusses the figure of the cowboy as portrayed in various works by Roosevelt.

In the following essay, Lewis explains his reasons for considering The Winning of the West a failure both as literature and as history.

In the following essay, Tuttleton investigates the significance of a reference to Theodore Roosevelt in Edith Wharton's novel The Age of Innocence as well as the author's lifelong acquaintanceship with Roosevelt.

In the following essay, Johnston considers the varied subject matter of Roosevelt's writings.

Schlesinger is a prominent American historian and an influential figure in liberal politics. As a special assistant to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, he was instrumental in formulating the "New Frontier" and the "Great Society," the two major social reform movements of the 1960s, which promoted Medicare, the war on poverty, and extensive civil rights legislation. Schlesinger has twice been the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize: the first for The Age of Jackson (194...

In the following essay, originally published in History as Literature in 1913, Roosevelt argues that historical writing should retain a distinct literary aspect as exemplified by the works of the great historians of the past.

In the following essay, Gershenowitz defends the authority of Jack London as a naturalist with respect to Roosevelt's criticism of him as a "Nature-Faker."