Yazar: Edgar Lee Masters

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In Spoon River Anthology, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) created a series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly …

Originally published in “Reedy’s Mirror” from May 29, 1914 until January 5, 1915 and then first in book form in 1915 with an expanded edition in 1916, “Spoon River Anthology” is a collection of poetr …

‘Spoon River Anthology’ is a collection of poetry taken from the tombstones of the dead in a small rural American town. There is of course no Spoon River as the entire town and its inhabitants are fi …

Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of short free-form poems that collectively describe the life of the fictional small town of Spoon River, named after the real Spoon River …

Here the old Fort stood When the river bent southward. Now because the world pours itself into Chicago The Lake runs into the river Past docks and switch-yards, And under bridges of iron. Sand dunes …

Here the old Fort stood When the river bent southward. Now because the world pours itself into Chicago The Lake runs into the river Past docks and switch-yards, And under bridges of iron. Sand dunes …

This one-of-a-kind masterpiece is a classic of American literature. In Spoon River Anthology, Kansas-born poet and playwright Edgar Lee Masters channels the imagined voices of the deceased men, women …

Spoon River Anthology (1915), by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of short free verse poems that collectively narrates the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named aft …

This one-of-a-kind masterpiece is a classic of American literature. In Spoon River Anthology, Kansas-born poet and playwright Edgar Lee Masters channels the imagined voices of the deceased men, women …

The Hill Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? All, all are sleeping on the hill. One passed in a fever, One was bur …

This one-of-a-kind masterpiece is a classic of American literature. In Spoon River Anthology, Kansas-born poet and playwright Edgar Lee Masters channels the imagined voices of the deceased men, women …

This one-of-a-kind masterpiece is a classic of American literature. In Spoon River Anthology, Kansas-born poet and playwright Edgar Lee Masters channels the imagined voices of the deceased men, women …

The memoirs of one of Illinois’ great poets, author of Spoon River Anthology, with many vignettes of the Chicago Renaissance.This intimate and provocative autobiography, first published in 1936, reve …

La famosissima – e incredibilmente bella – Antologia di Spoon River ( Spoon River Anthology) è una raccolta di poesie che il poeta statunitense Edgar Lee Masters pubblicò fra il 1914 e il 1915 sul “M …

L'Antologia di Spoon River è una raccolta di poesie in verso libero. Ogni poesia racconta, in forma di epitaffio, la vita dei residenti dell'immaginario paesino di Spoon River (il cui …

Spoon River Anthology (1915), by Edgar Lee Masters, is a collection of short free verse poems that collectively narrates the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named aft …

From spoonriveranthology.net: "Edgar Lee Masters’s Spoon River Anthology was an immediate commercial success when it was published in 1915. Unconventional in both style and content, it shattered …

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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 comm …

This 1919 collection of more than 40 poems includes “Creation, ” “Tyrannosaurus: or Burning Letters, ” “Lord Byron to Doctor Polidori, ” “A Woman of Forty, ” “William Shakespeare, ” “By the Waters of …

This 1916 gathering of verse follows Masters’s landmark volume, Spoon River Anthology. Poems include “Fort Dearborn, ” “Captain John Whistler, ” “Lincoln and Douglas Debates, ” “The Typical American? …

Named after the author’s best friend from childhood, Masters’s first (1920) novel is a charming tale of two boys growing up in the Mississippi River Valley in 1900. Mitch sets out to relive Tom Sawye …

The poems in this evocative collection are written in the same vein as Masters’s tour de force, Spoon River Anthology. In free verse, Masters gives voice to a gathering of historical figures and fict …

This 1918 verse collection includes the author’s epitaph, “To-morrow is my Birthday, ” as well as “Cities of the Plain, ” “Excluded Middle, ” “Samuel Butler, et al, ” “Johnny Appleseed, ” “Victor Raf …

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading.   Every character in Spoon River Anthology is dead.  And the dead speak.  In Edgar Lee Masters’ S …

The poetry collection "Spoon River Anthology" is a work of art by Edgar Lee Masters. It is a set of connected free-verse epitaphs or monologues that depicts the people that live in the fict …

The renowned poet’s classic collection of free verse exploring the lives of colorful characters in a fictional American small town. In 1914, Edgar Lee Masters began writing a series of poems in …

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The Complete Works of Edgar Lee Masters This Complete Collection includes the following titles: ——– 1 – Spoon River Anthology 2 – Children of the Market Place 3 – Mitch Miller 4 – Domesday Book …

Spoon River Anthology (1915) is a collection of short free verse poems by Edgar Lee Masters. The poems collectively narrate the epitaphs of the residents of Spoon River, a fictional small town named …