Stephen Vincent Benet: 7 books

As America's economic and cultural influence grew in the 20th Century, the history of the literary arts in Europe cast a long shadow onto this burgeoning nation. And thus, the myth of the Great American Novel was born of a loaded question—would the United States ever produce a work to rival the accepted...

This short piece, written by Stephen Vincent Benét, is a modern drama of the Nativity originally written for broadcasting on the radio. It was originally published in 1942 and is now republished here with a new introductory biography. Benét was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had...

IT’S A STORY THEY TELL IN THE BORDER COUNTRY, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire. Yes, Dan’l Webster’s dead-or, at least, they buried him. But every time there’s a thunder storm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky. And they...

After publishing three volumes of verse, Benét tried his hand at fiction in this autobiographical novel, published in 1921. It is the picaresque story of a young man who encounters God, Country, Yale, and, finally, war. 

This narrative poem on the settling of the United States was awarded the Pulitzer Price posthumously in 1944. We are republishing this classic works with a new additional biography of the author. Benét was an accomplished writer at an early age, having had his first book published at 17. His best...