Joseph Berg Esenwein
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | May 16, 1867
Died | November 1, 1946 | (aged 79)
Resting place | Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Editor, lecturer, and writer |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | Albright College, Millersville Normal School, Lafayette College, Richmond College and the University of Omaha |
Relatives | Father: Augustus Esenwein; mother: Catherine Esenwein |
Joseph Berg Esenwein (May 16, 1867 – November 1, 1946) was an American editor, lecturer and writer. He was noted for contributions to the Library of the World's Best Literature.[1]
Biography
Esenwein was born in Philadelphia to parents Augustus and Catherine Esenwein.[1] He was educated at Albright College, Millersville Normal School, Lafayette College, Richmond College and the University of Omaha. He was president of Albright Collegiate Institute in 1895–96, and in the following year held the position of educational director of the Y. M. C. A. at Washington Heights, New York City.
After a year of foreign travel, he became professor of English in the Pennsylvania Military College at Chester, subsequently giving up teaching in 1903 to become manager of the Booklovers' Magazine. Two years later, he was made editor and manager of Lippincott's Magazine, a position which he held until 1914 while teaching a private course on short-story writing.[2] Esenwein wrote some of the first books on creative writing, including Writing the Short-Story (1909).[3] In 1915, he became editor of The Writer's Monthly, Springfield, Mass. He is known both as a lecturer and writer.
Bibliography
Esenwein's published works, besides articles contributed to Charles Dudley Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature, include:
- Songs for Reapers (1895)
- Modern Agnosticism (1896)
- Feathers for Shafts (1897)
- Writing the Short-Story: A Practical Handbook on the Rise, Structure, Writing, and Sale of the Modern Short-Story (1909)
- Lessons in the Short Story (1910)
- Short Story Masterpieces (1912)
- Writing the Photoplay (1913; revised edition with Arthur Leeds, 1919)
- The Art of Public Speaking (1915), with Dale Carnegie
- Writing for the Magazines (1916)
- Children's Stories and How to Tell Them (1917)
- Russian Short Story Masterpieces (two volumes, 1919)
- Field and Campus Stories for Girls (1937)
Personal life
Esenwein married Caroline Miller in 1889. They had three children, J. Harold Esenwein (1890-1913), Ruth Esenwein (1891-1892) and Carl Esenwein (1896–1897).[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Joseph Berg Esenwein". www.hymntime.com. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
- ^ "Short-story writing". The Independent. Jul 6, 1914. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ .Williams, Cecil B., & Ball, John. College writing, a functional approach to college composition. New York, Ronald Press Co. 1957. (p. 361)
Sources
- 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.
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- Works by Joseph Berg Esenwein at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Joseph Berg Esenwein at Internet Archive
- Works by Joseph Berg Esenwein at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- J. Berg Esenwein at Library of Congress, with 20 library catalog records
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- Lafayette College alumni
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- 1867 births
- 1946 deaths
- University of Richmond alumni
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania alumni
- Widener University faculty
- Albright College alumni
- University of Nebraska Omaha alumni