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Title	:	Spoon River Anthology
Author	:	Edgar Lee Masters
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 112 pages
Published	:	2006 by Hard Press (first published 1915)
Categories	:	Poetry. Classics. Fiction. Literature

Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters

Paperback | Pages: 112 pages

Rating: 4.03 | 8855 Users | 663 Reviews

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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 the myths of small town American life. A collection of epitaphs of residents of a small town, a full understanding of Spoon River requires the reader to piece together narratives from fragments contained in individual poems."

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Original Title:	Spoon River Anthology
ISBN:	1406946133 (ISBN13: 9781406946130)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Illinois(United States)

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I get it--I do. But intellectually, not emotionally, which is the problem.As everyone knows, this is a book of free verse poems told by citizens of the mythical Spoon River--from the grave, reflecting on their lives. These reflections are realistic--they (mostly) avoid Victorian pieties in favor of irony and the harrowing difficulties of life in an even seemingly idyllic small town.I would have to make a real study of the book to uncover the narrative structure, but there is one, with the first

Edgar Lee Masters was the first poet whose poetry I loved with my whole heart. My high opinion of his work has never changed, notwithstanding the fact that he hasn't been cool for 50 years, if ever. Ha! Neither have I.

I have read this book about 50 times, in bits and pieces, and about a half-dozen from start to finish in order. I love it. Let me start with what the book is about. This is a book of free-form poems that serves as a narrative, each poem told from the point of view of a resident of Spoon River who has died and who is telling their story after the fact, their own epitaph. Some poems go together, some stand alone, but they form the elaborate portrait of a community. A seeming non-sequitur, perhaps,

I've trawled through many a 19th century small town newspaper for various research projects, and one's dirty linen was often hung out to dry for public view in the printed word. Old men running off with the serving girls, errant wives being tracked down and found in flagrante with their lovers, etc. I've even got a great-great-uncle whose wife was run out of town on a rail by "The Community" for her illicit affair with a neighbor. Nasty little Victorian Peyton Places. Reading Spoon River

244 dead residents of the Midwestern town of Spoon River (some based on real people and some fictional) tell the stories of their triumphs, frustrations, unrequited longings, their secrets -- often harboring lingering grudges about people buried alongside them. Whole families and neighbors, cross-talking in death. Each poem is titled with the name of the person speaking; each is short and most of them are heartbreaking. The wife and husband and the doctor, all scandalized by an abortion, the

After a full summer battling Infinite Jest (and thoroughly enjoying it), this book was welcome relief. It is a mix of homespun wisdom and incredibly insightful commentary. While very accessible, Masters is astute. He has a lot to say about living, death, and regret (and a surprising amount on lawyers). This is the kind of book you can give to your Grandma, with a nice note that says "I love you," and then have something to discuss over the holidays as you help her wash the dishes. On morality's

Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River Anthology is a series of poems representing the voices of Spoon River, a fictional Southern town. The citizens, who speak from beyond the grave on The Hill, tell of their lives and those they knew, lamenting on various aspects of their past life. The poems have a dramatic monologue, epitaph-like quality; they are snapshots of emotion, philosophy, wisdom and morals from these residents. The individual voices of Spoon River are quite diverse, as you might imagine.