Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition

Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition - Mass Market Paperbound

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Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition - Mass Market Paperbound

Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition - Mass Market Paperbound

by Edgar Lee Masters
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Book Overview

A landmark of American literature told in dramatic monologues that topples the myth of the moral superiority of small-town life

In 1915, Edgar Lee Masters published a book 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 lives, and their testimony reveals that Spoon River is as undeniably corrupt and cruel as the big city, home to murderers, drunkards, crooked bankers, lechers, bitter wives, abusive husbands, failed dreamers--and a few good souls.

With an introduction by John Hollander and an afterword by Ronald Primeau
ISBN9780451530585
Author Edgar Lee Masters
PublisherSignet Book
GenreLiterature
FormatOther
PublishedJuly 2007
LanguageENG- English
Pages336
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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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, with Chicago as its center.

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