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Spoon River Anthology

by MASTERS, Edgar Lee

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  • Hardcover
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New York: Macmillan Company, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. New illustrated edition. xxi, 310pp., [6pp. advertisements] Illustrated by Oliver Herford. Blind and gilt-stamped black cloth, top edge gilt. Small stains on bottom page edges, a couple of the "Contents" pages are unopened, spine and edges sunned and rubbed, very good lacking the scarce dustwrapper. This new edition has thirty-five added poems including "Andy the Night-Watch", "Isa Nutter," "Plymouth Rock Joe" and "The Epilogue.

Synopsis

The innovative free verse collection of small-town life that made Edgar Lee Masters a legend 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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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Spoon River Anthology
Author
MASTERS, Edgar Lee
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Macmillan Company
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1916
Keywords
Poetry, Anthology
Bookseller catalogs
Poetry;

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