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Spoon River Anthology

Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters

Penguin Classics
2008
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A literary sensation when it appeared in 1915, "Spoon River Anthology" earned Edgar Lee Masters comparisons to T. S. Eliot and Walt Whitman. The characters who speak here tarnish the pure image of their Midwestern hamlet by holding forth from the grave with tales of illicit love affairs, betrayed confidences, political corruption, and miserable marriages. The first serious work of psychological naturalism, this artful indictment of small-town hypocrisy influenced Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, and other luminaries.
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Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition

Spoon River Anthology: 100th Anniversary Edition

Edgar Lee Masters

Signet Book
2007
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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 lives, and their testimony topples the American myth of the moral superiority of small-town life. Spoon River, as undeniably corrupt and cruel as the big city, is home to murderers, drunkards, crooked bankers, lechers, bitter wives, abusive husbands, failed dreamers, and a few good souls. The freshness of this masterpiece undiminished, Spoon River Anthology remains a landmark of American literature. With an Introduction by John Hollander and an Afterword by Ronald Primeau
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Spoon River Anthology

Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters

Dover Publications Inc.
2000
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A landmark of 20th-century American literature: a series of over 200 compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dreams of their lives. Reprinted from the authoritative 1915 edition.
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Spoon River Anthology

Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters

Touchstone
2004
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A CLASSIC IN AMERICAN POETRY... When Spoon River Anthology was published in 1915 it garnered immediate national attention for its truth and its shocking transgression of societal mores. A collection of poems from the graveyard of a rural Illinois town, Spoon River Anthology poignantly captures the politics, love, betrayals, alliances, hopes, and failures of this small American town. Here is the respected doctor, jailed for swindling; here is the chaste wife, rapt with desire; here is the pastor, angry and resentful; here is the quiet man, filled with unrequited love and devotion. Beneath the midwestern values of honesty, community, family, hard work, and chastity, Spoon River Anthology reveals the disillusionment and corruption in modern life. With the publication of Spoon River Anthology Masters exploded the powerful myth that small-town America was a social utopia. Here for the first time was a community that people recognized in its wholeness and complexity. Comprised of distinctly modern poems that collectively read as a novel, Spoon River Anthology is the story of a quiet midwestern town whose truths and contradictions are celebrated by its dead.
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Spoon River Anthology (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Spoon River Anthology (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

Edgar Lee Masters

BARNES NOBLE INC
2007
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Every character in "Spoon River Anthology" is dead. And the dead speak. In Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology" the speakers lie together in a hillside graveyard in a small, rural community in central Illinois. As they moulder in their earthen tombs, they spill forth their secrets to the living. From its first appearance (in serial form) in the pages of William Marion Reedy's "Mirror" in 1914, the American literary world had not seen anything quite like "Spoon River Anthology", and the world has yet to see its true successor, despite its influence and imitators. The Spoon River dead speak for all of us, and their secrets are the hidden things that prick at the hearts of each of us.
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The New Star Chamber and Other Essays

The New Star Chamber and Other Essays

Edgar Lee Masters

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
2023
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Tracing the troubled roots of American capitalism and imperialism Coedited by noted Masters scholar, Jason Stacy, and his class, “Editing History,” this annotated edition of Edgar Lee Masters’s The New Star Chamber and Other Essays reappears at a perilous time in US history, when large corporations and overseas conflicts once again threaten the integrity of American rights and liberties, and the United States still finds itself beholden to corporate power and the legacy of imperial hubris. In speaking to his times, Masters also speaks to ours. These thirteen essays lay bare the political ideology that informed Spoon River Anthology. Masters argues that the dangerous imperialism championed by then-President Theodore Roosevelt was rooted in the Constitution itself. By debating the ethics of the Philippine-American War, criticizing Hamiltonian centralization of government, and extolling the virtues of Jeffersonian individualism, Masters elucidates the ways in which America had strayed from its constitutional morals and from democracy itself. The result is a compelling critique of corporate capitalism and burgeoning American imperialism, as well as an exemplary source for understanding its complicated author in the midst of his transformation from urban lawyer to poet of rural America. In print again for the first time since 1904, this edition includes an introduction and historical annotations throughout. Edited and annotated by students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and designed and illustrated by students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, this volume traces economic and political pathologies to the origins of the American republic. The New Star Chamber and Other Essays is as vital now as it was over 100 years ago.
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Children of the Market Place

Children of the Market Place

Edgar Lee Masters

Anson Street Press
2025
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Edgar Lee Masters's "Children of the Market Place" offers a compelling fictional exploration of American politics in the turbulent 1850s. Set against the backdrop of Illinois and the burgeoning national debates that would define the era, this historical novel delves into the life and career of Stephen Douglas. Through meticulous prose, Masters paints a portrait of the political landscape, subtly examining the forces at play during a crucial period in American history. Readers are immersed in the world of political maneuvering and ideological clashes that shaped the nation's future. While centered on a fictionalized account of Douglas's life, the novel provides insights into the issues and personalities that defined the Lincoln-Douglas era. "Children of the Market Place" remains a significant work of literary historical fiction, offering a glimpse into the past with enduring relevance for understanding the complexities of political ambition and societal change. This edition brings a carefully preserved text to a new audience, inviting reflection on the historical currents that continue to shape our world.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Children of the Market Place

Children of the Market Place

Edgar Lee Masters

Anson Street Press
2025
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Edgar Lee Masters's "Children of the Market Place" offers a compelling fictional exploration of American politics in the turbulent 1850s. Set against the backdrop of Illinois and the burgeoning national debates that would define the era, this historical novel delves into the life and career of Stephen Douglas. Through meticulous prose, Masters paints a portrait of the political landscape, subtly examining the forces at play during a crucial period in American history. Readers are immersed in the world of political maneuvering and ideological clashes that shaped the nation's future. While centered on a fictionalized account of Douglas's life, the novel provides insights into the issues and personalities that defined the Lincoln-Douglas era. "Children of the Market Place" remains a significant work of literary historical fiction, offering a glimpse into the past with enduring relevance for understanding the complexities of political ambition and societal change. This edition brings a carefully preserved text to a new audience, inviting reflection on the historical currents that continue to shape our world.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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