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The Spoon River Anthology is a classic collection of poems by Edgar
Lee Masters, with verses dedicated and named for members of a
fictional small American town. Edgar Masters intention when he
composed these verses was to demystify the culture of small town
America. Over the decades prior to this anthology's publication in
1915, rural and urban cultures in the USA had diverged
considerably: to many city-dwellers, how life in the country
actually proceeded was simply unknown. Originally serialized in a
magazine named Reedy's Mirror, each of the poems give the reader
insight into the lives, events, and culture of a typical small
country town. Each is titled after a specific character, and
contains their thoughts and concerns at a given time. This acts to
build a narrative around the small town, which is proven to be
colorful and emotionally distinct place, with several characters
coping with grief and loss.
A landmark of 20th-century American literature: a series of over 200 compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dreams of their lives. Reprinted from the authoritative 1915 edition.
Here are Masters's dramatic monologues written in free verse about
a fictional Midwestern town called Spoon River. The dead, "sleeping
on the hill" in their village cemetery, awaken to tell the truth
about their lives, toppling the myth of the moral superiority of
small-town life.
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