Spoon River Anthology
by Masters, Edgar Lee
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Macmillan, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Signed (name only) by Masters on front endpaper, fairly early reprint. Black cloth boards with blindstamped cover and spine with gilt lettering to spinee, 7-3/4" x 5/3/8", 310 pp. Modest fading to spine and strip of front board near spine. Two newspaper clippings (one an obit) and a typed bio affixed to front endpapers with toning from newsprint.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Crooked House Books & Paper (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002391
- Title
- Spoon River Anthology
- Author
- Masters, Edgar Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Date Published
- 1920
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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