William Vaughn Moody - Wikipedia William Vaughn Moody From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search William Vaughn Moody Portrait of William Vaughn Moody, by De W.C. Ward. Born (1869-07-08)July 8, 1869 Spencer, Indiana Died October 17, 1910(1910-10-17) (aged 41) Colorado Springs Occupation Dramatist, poet Nationality American Signature William Vaughn Moody (July 8, 1869 – October 17, 1910) was an American dramatist and poet. Moody was author of The Great Divide, first presented under the title of The Sabine Woman at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago on April 12, 1906. His poetic dramas included The Masque of Judgment (1900), The Fire Bringer (1904), and The Death of Eve (left undone at his death). Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Biography[edit] Born at Spencer, Indiana, his parents died while he was a boy, and he had to work to help support himself while he completed his education. After attending New Albany High School he went on to Harvard University, where he was awarded the George B. Sohier Prize for literature and earned an A.B. in 1893 and an A.M. in 1894. He taught English at Harvard and Radcliffe until 1895, when he went to Chicago where he was an instructor at the University of Chicago, and from 1901 to 1907 assistant professor of English and rhetoric. He received the degree of Litt.D. from Yale in 1908, and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Moody died from brain cancer at Colorado Springs at the age of 41. Works[edit] Tribute to W.V. Moody in The Harvard Monthly Vol 51 (1910) The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton (editor; 1899, Cambridge) The Masque of Judgment (1900) Poems (1901) The Fire-Bringer (1904, intended as the first member of a trilogy on the Promethean theme, of which The Masque of Judgment, already published, was the second member) The Great Divide (1907), prose drama, especially successful on the stage. The Faith Healer (1909), prose drama, very successful on the stage A First View of English and American Literature (compiler with Robert M. Lovett; 1902) The Poems of Trumbull Stickney (editor with George Cabot Lodge and John Ellerton Lodge; 1905) His complete works, including The Death of Eve, a fragment of the third member of the proposed trilogy mentioned above, were edited with an introduction by John M. Manly (1912).[1] See also[edit] The Harvard Monthly Notes[edit] ^ Boswell, Jeanetta (1987). Spokesman for the Minority: A Bibliography of Sidney Lanier, William Vaughn Moody, Henry Timrod, Frederick Goddard Tuckerman, and Jones Very, with Selective Annotations. Rowman & Littlefield. References[edit] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead. Missing or empty |title= (help)  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Moody, William Vaughn". Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. This work in turn cites: Daniel Gregory Mason, Some Letters of William Vaughn Moody (1913) External links[edit] Wikiquote has quotations related to: William Vaughn Moody Wikimedia Commons has media related to William Vaughn Moody. Biography at poemhunter.com TheatreHistory.com profile Works by William Vaughn Moody at Project Gutenberg Works by or about William Vaughn Moody at Internet Archive Works by William Vaughn Moody at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks) Works by William Vaughn Moody, at Hathi Trust Works by William Vaughn Moody, at Unz.org Finding aid to Wallace Ludwig Anderson letters on William Vaughn Moody at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Guide to the William Vaughn Moody Papers 1892-1925 at the University of Chicago Special Collections Research Center Authority control ISNI: 0000 0001 0986 5308 LCCN: n50002755 NKC: xx0250196 NTA: 07081371X PLWABN: 9810698417105606 SNAC: w6kp8gwg SUDOC: 102123446 VIAF: 72190216 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n50002755 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Vaughn_Moody&oldid=976279417" Categories: 1869 births 1910 deaths 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male poets Deaths from brain tumor Deaths from neurological disease Harvard University alumni Harvard University faculty Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters People from New Albany, Indiana University of Chicago faculty Yale University alumni People from Spencer, Indiana American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Hidden categories: CS1 errors: missing title Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia Wikipedia articles incorporating text via vb from the New International Encyclopedia Cite NIE template missing title parameter Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the New International Encyclopedia Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1922 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1922 Encyclopædia Britannica Commons category link from Wikidata Articles with Project Gutenberg links Articles with Internet Archive links Articles with LibriVox links Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikisource Languages Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 2 September 2020, at 03:52 (UTC). 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