Spoon River Anthology
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Dover Publications · Ebook · October 8, 1992
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 from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dream of their lives.
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- Who it’s for
- A chorus of brief free-verse monologues gives small-town hopes and disappointments room to resonate.
- Themes
- Love and hope, Disappointment and despair
- Genres
- American Poetry, American Literary Collections, Poetry About Death
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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 from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dream of their lives. First published in book form in 1915, the Anthology was the crowning achievement of Masters' career as a poet, and a work that would become a landmark of 20th-century American literature.
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In these pages, no less than 214 individual voices are heard — some in no more than a dozen moving lines. Alternately plaintive, anguished, enigmatic, angry, and contemptuous, the voices of Spoon River, although distinctively small-town Americans, evoke themes of love and hope, disappointment and despair that are universal in their resonance. This American classic is reprinted here from the authoritative 1915 edition.
Many Voices, One Town
A chorus of brief free-verse monologues gives small-town hopes and disappointments room to resonate.
Come here for
- 214 distinct voices, some speaking in just a dozen lines
- A landmark of American poetry, first published in 1915
Expect
- Plaintive, angry, enigmatic, and tender turns of voice
- Recurring reflections on love, hope, disappointment, and despair
Where it sits
| American Poetry | 90% |
|---|---|
| Poetry About Death | 63% |
| American Literary Collections | 42% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Poetry
- Poetry About Death
- Place Poetry
- Authors
- Edgar Lee Masters
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Published
- October 8, 1992
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Love and hope · Disappointment and despair
- Reading lane
- American Poetry