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Spoon River Anthology

By Edgar Lee Masters
Introduction by Jerome Loving
Notes by Jerome Loving

By Edgar Lee Masters
Introduction by Jerome Loving
Notes by Jerome Loving

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Apr 29, 2008 | ISBN 9780143105152

Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters
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About Spoon River Anthology

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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Product Details

Category: Poetry | Fiction | Fiction Classics

Paperback | $15.00
Published by Penguin Classics
Apr 29, 2008 | 320 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780143105152

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Table Of Contents

Spoon River AnthologyIntroduction by Jerome Loving
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text

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