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ACROSS SPOON RIVER
by Edgar Lee Masters
University of Illinois Press, 1991
Paper: 978-0-252-06051-9
Library of Congress Classification PS3525.A83Z463 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification 811.52

ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK
 
       This intimate and provocative autobiography, first published in 1936,
        reveals the innermost thoughts of a great American poet. Edgar Lee Masters
        was a transitional figure in American literature with one foot planted
        in the nineteenth century and the other firmly placed on the path of what
        we now think of as the modern period.
      Masters expounds on his own development as a poet and as a human being;
        he shares his views on American culture, politics, and the literary criticism
        of the times. Masters's friends and acquaintances discussed here include
        some of the most prominent writers and politicians of his age. And he
        reflects on his life events that shaped, haunted, and inspired his writings
        of the classic Spoon River Anthology.
     
 

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