A wide spectrum of themes and emotions are dealt with in this anthology of Benet's prose and poetry, which comprise ballads, romance, adventure, narratives, and pure fiction

Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet

Benét, Stephen Vincent

Literature & Fiction

Henry Holt Co.

The famous New England tale of Daniel Webster's encounter with the Devil

The Devil and Daniel Webster

Children's Books

John Brown's Body

Poetry

Holt; Rinehart; Winston

A spirited selection from one of the most highly prized American writers of the twentieth century Before his premature death in 1943, Stephen Vincent Benet was one of America's most prolific poets, novelists, and short-story writers. He is also, along with Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, and Robert Penn Warren, the only author to receive two Pulitzer prizes for his poetry. Featured in this anthology of his writings is a generous selection of his verse, anchored by his two Pulitzer Prize- winning poems, John Brown's Body and Western Star. Hailed by the New York Times as "an American Iliad," John Brown's Body (1929) is an epic chronicle of the Civil War, from the raid on Harper's Ferry to General Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Through a versatile array of masterly short stories, Benet explored such subjects as American society, history, politics, and the supernatural. Among the two dozen stories selected for this volume are the haunting title story and the wrenching "A Death in the Country." A final section representing Bent's nonfiction collects several of his penetrating essays on writing and education, including "Most Unforgettable Character I've Known." Sensitively selected and thoughtfully arranged, this vibrant anthology will reintroduce readers to an American master.

The Devil and Daniel Webster (Penguin Classics)

United States

Penguin Classics

The Ballad of William Sycamore, 1790-1871

The Ballad of William Sycamore, 1790-1871.

Little Brown & Co (Juv Trd)

The Beginning of Wisdom

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Classics

Kessinger Publishing

James Shore's Daughter

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Vincent Benét was one of America's greatest storytellers, most famous for his witty and moving tribute to American history, The Devil and Daniel Webster, where a trial for a man's soul becomes a trial of America itself, of all that is best and worst in a great and tumultuous new country. 
 In addition, this collection includes six more of Benét's best short stories, which in a similar vein, depict compelling and diverse elements in America's great social tapestry, with memorable and often amusing characters: a man whose toothache leads him to encounter Paul Revere on the eve of the American Revolution; a Jewish immigrant who discovers a new experience of life as a trader on the American frontier; a woman brought from Africa as a slave who teaches her grandson the price of freedom; an old confederate colonel, hateful and unwilling to accept the loss of his old world; and an adventurous young man who discovers the folly in all walks of human life.
 The stories included are:
 The Devil and Daniel Webster Jacob and the Indians A Tooth for Paul Revere Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing O'Halloran's Luck The Die-Hard Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer

The Devil and Daniel Webster, and Other Tales of American History

Short Stories & Anthologies

Hythloday Press

Pulitzer Prizing author Stephen Vincent Benét's By the Waters of Babylon, is the first, most influential work of American post-apocalyptic fiction of the twentieth century. Its haunting story of a tribal priest who investigates the ruins of an ancient city is an unforgettable and challenging reminder of both the fragility of civilization and the hope for human development.  This volume also contains six other stories of “Fantasy and Prophecy,” including The King of the Cats, a comic fable of human and animal transmutation, selected by the Library of America as one of the outstanding works of fantastic fiction in the past two centuries. The collection includes:  By the Waters of Babylon The Curfew Tolls The King of the Cats Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates The Last of the Legions The Blood of the Martyrs Into Egypt

By the Waters of Babylon, and Other Fantasies and Prophecies

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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