| Spoon River Anthology Contributor(s): Masters, Edgar Lee (Author), Loving, Jerome (Introduction by), Loving, Jerome (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 0143105159 ISBN-13: 9780143105152 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2008 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.52 |
| LCCN: 2008003519 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.55 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |