Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Edgar Lee Masters, John Hollander (Introduction by), Ronald Primeau (Afterword by)Series:Signet ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2007-07-03Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Signet BookISBN-13:9780451530585ISBN-10:451530586UPC:9780451530585Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Anthologies (multiple authors)Size:6.78 x 4.22 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC22PBQXD0
Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition
In 1915, Edgar Lee Masters published a book of dramatic monologues written in free verse about a fictional town called Spoon River, based on the Midwestern towns where he grew up. The shocking scandals and secret tragedies of Spoon River were immediately recognized by readers as authentic. Masters raises the dead "sleeping on the hill" in their village cemetery to tell the truth about their...
Series: Signet Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Signet BookISBN-13:9780451530585ISBN-10:451530586UPC:9780451530585Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:American, Anthologies (multiple authors)Size:6.78 x 4.22 x 0.94 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC22PBQXD0
As a young man, Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950) rebelled against what he believed to be the hypocrisy of small-town life and went to Chicago, where he practiced law for thirty years. He published eleven books of verses, plays, and essays before beginning his masterpiece, Spoon River Anthology (1915). Later, Masters, Carl Sandburg, and Vachel Lindsay initiated a poetic renaissance in the Midwest,...
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