Spoon River anthology
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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."--
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Masters, E. L., & Hollander, J. Spoon River anthology.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 and John. Hollander. Spoon River Anthology. .
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950 and John. Hollander, Spoon River Anthology. .
MLA Citation (style guide)Masters, Edgar Lee, and John Hollander. Spoon River Anthology.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Masters, Edgar Lee, |d 1868-1950, |e author. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50044141 | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Spoon River anthology / |c Edgar Lee Masters ; with an introduction by John Hollander and a new afterword by Ronald Primeau. |
| 264 | 4 | |a New York : |b Signet Classics, |c 2007 | |
| 300 | |a xxiv, 308 pages ; |c 18 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 500 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-308). | ||
| 520 | |a "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."-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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