Taking the literary pulse ; psychological studies of life and letters

Taking the literary pulse ; psychological studies of life and letters / by Joseph Collins.

Author/creator	Collins, Joseph, 1866-1950
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : George H. Doran Company, [©1924]
Description	317 pages : mounted portraits ; 23 cm
Subject(s)	Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941. Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950. Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963. Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Literature, Modern--20th century --History and criticism. Fiction--History and criticism.

Contents	Purity and pornography.--Sophism and Mr. Sherwood Anderson.--The big four of American women writers.--Heredity in fictional literature.--The psychology of the midget.--Gallantry and our women writers.--Nature versus art in recent French novels.--Footprints on the literary sands of time.--Unpleasant novels.--The study of the individual in fiction: psychological novels.--Mr. Frank Swinnerton and his books.--Reading matter for invalids and the novels of Mrs. Mary Webb.--Appetizing first fruits.--Some French writers of the present day.--Vicarious sadism; or, Pleasure from smashing literary idols.--Doctors as men of letters.--Feminism and fetid and foolish literature.--Lunatics of literature.
Other title	Psychological studies of life and letters.
LCCN	24010252
Stock number	$3.00

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PN771 .C57 1924	✔ Available	Place Hold