About Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benét, poet, novelist, and short-story writer, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His Pulitzer Prize-winning poem John Brown's Body is still considered the quintessential American war poem. He was awarded a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1943.
Novels
Five Men and Pompey (1915)
The Beginning of Wisdom (1921)
Young People's Pride (1922)
The Ballad of William Sycamore 1790-1880 (1923)
Jean Huguenot (1923)
Spanish Bayonet (1926)
John Brown's Body (1928)
The Barefoot Saint (1929)
The Litter of the Rose Leaves (1930)
James Shore's Daughter (1934)
Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent (1937)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
Johnny Pye and the Fool-killer (1938)
Daniel Webster and the Ides of March (1939)
The Ballad of the Duke's Mercy (1939)
Prayer: A Child is Born (1944)
The Last Chance (1946)
The Beginning of Wisdom (1921)
Young People's Pride (1922)
The Ballad of William Sycamore 1790-1880 (1923)
Jean Huguenot (1923)
Spanish Bayonet (1926)
John Brown's Body (1928)
The Barefoot Saint (1929)
The Litter of the Rose Leaves (1930)
James Shore's Daughter (1934)
Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent (1937)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
Johnny Pye and the Fool-killer (1938)
Daniel Webster and the Ides of March (1939)
The Ballad of the Duke's Mercy (1939)
Prayer: A Child is Born (1944)
The Last Chance (1946)
Collections
Young Adventure (poems) (1918)
Heavens and Earth (1920)
King David (1923)
Tiger Joy: A Book Of Poems (poems) (1925)
Ballads and Poems 1915-1930 (poems) (1931)
Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds (1932)
A Book of Americans (poems) (1933) (with Rosemary Carr)
The Magic of Poetry and the Poet's Art (1936)
Burning City: New Poems (poems) (1936)
Tales Before Midnight (1939)
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet (1942)
Twenty-Five Stories (1943)
Western Star (1943)
America (poems) (1944) (with Rosemary Carr)
We Stand United and Other Radio Scripts (1945)
The Last Circle: Stories and Poems (poems) (1946)
The Stephen Vincent Benet Pocket Book: His Most Famous Stories and Poems (poems) (1946)
Selected Poetry and Prose (poems) (1960)
The Devil and Daniel Webster and Other Writings (1998)
Heavens and Earth (1920)
King David (1923)
Tiger Joy: A Book Of Poems (poems) (1925)
Ballads and Poems 1915-1930 (poems) (1931)
Thirteen O'Clock: Stories of Several Worlds (1932)
A Book of Americans (poems) (1933) (with Rosemary Carr)
The Magic of Poetry and the Poet's Art (1936)
Burning City: New Poems (poems) (1936)
Tales Before Midnight (1939)
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet (1942)
Twenty-Five Stories (1943)
Western Star (1943)
America (poems) (1944) (with Rosemary Carr)
We Stand United and Other Radio Scripts (1945)
The Last Circle: Stories and Poems (poems) (1946)
The Stephen Vincent Benet Pocket Book: His Most Famous Stories and Poems (poems) (1946)
Selected Poetry and Prose (poems) (1960)
The Devil and Daniel Webster and Other Writings (1998)
Plays
Picture Books
Anthologies containing stories by Stephen Vincent Benét
Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories (1966)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
The Ghouls Book 1 (1971)
Beware of the Cat (1972)
The Golden Road (1974)
Black Water (1983)
Devilish Doings (1985)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Tomorrow's Children (1966)
The Ghouls Book 1 (1971)
Beware of the Cat (1972)
The Golden Road (1974)
Black Water (1983)
Devilish Doings (1985)
A Treasury of American Horror Stories (1986)
Short stories
| All That Money Can Buy | |||
| Too Early Spring | |||
| Metropolitan Nightmare (1927) | |||
| The Barefoot Saint [short story] (1929) | |||
| The Curfew Tolls (1935) | |||
| Glamour (1935) | |||
| Nightmare Number Three (1935) | |||
| The Devil and Daniel Webster [short story] (1936) | |||
| By the Waters of Babylon (1937) | |||
| Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer [short story] (1937) | |||
| The Place of the Gods (1937) | |||
| The Die-Hard (1938) | |||
| Doc Mellhorn and the Pearly Gates (1938) | |||
| Jacob and the Indians (1938) | |||
| The King of the Cats (1938) | |||
| Nightmare for Future Reference (1938) | |||
| Schooner Fairchild's Class (1938) | |||
| Into Egypt (1939) | |||
| The Angel Was a Yankee (1940) | |||
| Freedom's a Hard-Bought Thing (1940) | |||
| The Bishop's Beggar (1942) | |||
| The Prodigal Children (1942) | |||
| The Gold Dress (1947) | |||
| Nightmare, with Angels (1986) | |||
| Litany for Dictatorships (1987) |
Books about Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benét recommends
 Permit Me Voyage (1934) James Agee "Here is both beauty and indignation... fine music and a sharp, fertile originality of mind." |
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