(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)
The Ballad of the Duke's Mercy (1939)
Daniel Webster and the Ides of March (1939)
Prayer (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)
The Ballad of the Duke's Mercy (1939)
Daniel Webster and the Ides of March (1939)
Prayer (1944)
The Last Chance (1946)
Collections
Young Adventure (poems) (1918)
Heavens and Earth (1920)
King David (1923)
Tiger Joy (poems) (1925)
Ballads and Poems 1915-1930 (poems) (1931)
Thirteen O'Clock (1932)
A Book of Americans (poems) (1933) (with Rosemary Carr)
Burning City (poems) (1936)
The Magic of Poetry and the Poet's Art (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 (poems) (1946)
The Stephen Vincent Benet Pocket Book (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 (poems) (1925)
Ballads and Poems 1915-1930 (poems) (1931)
Thirteen O'Clock (1932)
A Book of Americans (poems) (1933) (with Rosemary Carr)
Burning City (poems) (1936)
The Magic of Poetry and the Poet's Art (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 (poems) (1946)
The Stephen Vincent Benet Pocket Book (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 (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."