Author
January 17, 1893–August 3, 1963
Also known as Elsie Dunn, Elsie Metcalfe, Scott, Evelyn Mrs.
Evelyn Scott was an American novelist, playwright and poet. A modernist and experimental writer, Scott "was a significant literary figure in the 1920s and 1930s, but she eventually sank into critical oblivion." - Wikipedia
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A way in
A considered starting point for reading Evelyn Scott, drawn from catalog context and salon activity when available.
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A clearly attributed work with a supported 1927 catalog date.
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A clearly attributed work with a supported 1929 catalog date.
The catalog
14 works
Core ranking is using the catalog’s provisional quality order while the versioned ranking population is prepared.
Recorded as 1922; date may be inaccurate
30 cataloged editions
8 cataloged editions
With Bill Hardwig
5 cataloged editions
4 cataloged editions
Recorded as 1987; date may be inaccurate
7 cataloged editions
9 cataloged editions
1 cataloged edition
Recorded as 2007; date may be inaccurate
4 cataloged editions
2 cataloged editions
2 cataloged editions
2 cataloged editions
1 cataloged edition
1 cataloged edition
1 cataloged edition
Readers in conversation
Public notes, reviews, lists, and conversations around Evelyn Scott.
American books that, according to records, their blurbs, their authors, wikipedia, etc., appear to have been popular or well-regarded in their time, but have now faded into obscurity. An Autobiographical Novel, for example, was apparently greeted with great e…