Spoon River Anthology
100th Anniversary Edition
$22.91
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2017
Summary
The renowned collection of poetic monologues, in a special Centennial edition.
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. Maste…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451530585 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0451530586 |
| Author: | Edgar Lee Masters, John Hollander, Ronald Primeau |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Signet |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 171mm x 104mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Signet Classics (Hardcover) |
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About The Author
Edgar Lee Masters
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.
John Hollander (1929-2013) was an acclaimed American poet and the Sterling Professor emeritus of English at Yale University. His books include Spectral Emanations- New and Selected Poems, Harp Lake, In Time and Place, and Blue Wine and Other Poems. Hollander was also the author of a number of critical works, including Rhyme’s Reason- A Guide to English Verse.
Ronald Primeau is Professor of English and Director of the MA in Humanities at Central Michigan University. He has published books on Edgar Lee Masters, Herbert W. Martin, the literature of the American highway, and the rhetoric of television. He has edited works on Masters, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the dynamics of literary influence.
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