Creative Chicago: From the Chap-Book to the University

by Henry Regnery

First edition. An informal literary history of Chicago and its personalities, with discussions of writers such as Theodore Dreiser and Hamlin Garland, magazines like The Dial, The Chap-Book and A Magazine of Verse founded by Harriet Monroe. Chapters include Book Publishing in Chicago, 1840-1940, The Creative Spirit in a Prarie Setting, and Louis H. Sullivan, Visionary and Architect. Introduction by Joseph Epstein. Illustrations. xix, iii , 200 pages. cloth, dust jacket. 8vo..

200 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1993

Reviews

[Gerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the chapters on the literary mags. and thought the chapter on Hamlin Garland especially informative. Probably the most objective treatment of this author I have yet seen.