Robert Benchley : an annotated bibliography

Author(s)

• Ernst, Gordon E.

Bibliographic Information

Robert Benchley : an annotated bibliography

compiled by Gordon E. Ernst, Jr

（Bibliographies and indexes in popular culture, no. 6）

Greenwood Press, 1995

Note

Includes index

Discography: p. [209]-214

Filmography: p. [199]-208

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is the first full-length annotated bibliography of the works of humorist Robert Benchley. It contains chapters on his books, essays, newspaper writings, dramatic criticism, plus a filmography and a discography. Also included is a chapter on secondary sources about his life. When humorist Robert Benchley died in 1945 at the age of 56, he left behind a large body of little-known material. Some of this material was collected into book form during and after Benchley's lifetime, but much of it remains uncollected. This annotated bibliography brings together in one volume citations to most of Benchley's collected and uncollected works. The volume contains chapters on Benchley's books, essays, newspaper writings, dramatic criticism, secondary sources about him, a filmography, and a discography. The books chapter contains all of Benchley's major books and lists the contents of each. The chapters on his essays and newspaper writings detail his work for such publications as the New Yorker, Life, Liberty, Vanity Fair, the New York Tribune, New York World, and the Chicago Tribune. The dramatic criticism chapter contains all his theater reviews, for Life and the New Yorker, with the titles of the reviewed plays and the authors for each. Entries are numbered, cross-referenced, and indexed to assist the reader.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Books Essays Newspaper Writings Dramatic Criticism Secondary Sources Filmography Short Subjects Feature Film Appearances Other Feature Films with Contributions by Benchley Discography Recordings Featuring Benchley Recordings of Benchley Material A Benchley Publishing Chronology Index

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Details

• NCID: BA29767359
• ISBN:
  • 031329321X
• LCCN: 95006293
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Westport, Conn.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 290 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Z8089.12
  • LCC : PS3503.E49
  • DC20 : 016.814/52
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Benchley, Robert, 1889-1945 -- Bibliography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA20766142