Masters, Edgar Lee 1868-1950
Overview
| Works: | 740 works in 2,423 publications in 19 languages and 50,383 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Biographies History Drama Autobiographies Fiction Novels Juvenile works Action and adventure fiction |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Narrator, Bibliographic antecedent, Signer, Creator, Other, Lyricist, Inscriber, Author of introduction, Performer, Composer, Librettist |
| Classifications: | PS3525.A83, 811.52 |
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Most widely held works about
Edgar Lee Masters
- The ferment of realism : American literature, 1884-1919 by Warner Berthoff( Book )
- Across Spoon River; an autobiography by Edgar Lee Masters( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters by John H Wrenn( Book )
- Chicago renaissance; the literary life in the Midwest, 1900-1930 by Dale Kramer( Book )
- A history of American poetry, 1900-1940 by Horace Gregory( Book )
- Last stands : notes from memory by Hilary Masters( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters : the Spoon River poet and his critics by John T Flanagan( Book )
- America's literary revolt by Michael Yatron( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters : a biography by Herbert K Russell( Book )
- Sight-readings : American fictions by Elizabeth Hardwick( Book )
- Beyond Spoon River : the legacy of Edgar Lee Masters by Ronald Primeau( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River anthology by Charles Aidman( Book )
- American fictions by Elizabeth Hardwick( Book )
- Tendencies in modern American poetry by Amy Lowell( Book )
- The new era in American poetry by Louis Untermeyer( Book )
- Some contemporary Americans : the personal equation in literature by Percy Holmes Boynton( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters : a biographical sketchbook about a famous American author by Hardin Wallace Masters( Book )
- The Vision of this land : studies of Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, and Carl Sandburg( Book )
- Songs from Spoon River ; Reflections of a peacemaker ; and other vocal music by Lita Grier( )
- Phenomenon : the music of David Garner by David Garner( )
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Most widely held works by
Edgar Lee Masters
Spoon River anthology by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
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653 editions published between 1901 and 2020 in 20 languages and held by 11,268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the most striking and original achievements in American poetry is now available in a remarkable edition that comprehends the poet and his book in an entirely new way. This edition of Spoon River Anthology probes the social background of the smalltown world that Edgar Lee Masters loved and hated--and finally transmuted into powerful literary art. Extensive annotations identify the people whose lives inspired the 243 poetic accounts of frustration, violence, struggle, and triumph that once shocked American readers. The most extraordinary feature of this edition is the extensive introduction that provides the key to this misunderstood American classic. The book's relationship to Whitman is clearly established, and the important influences of Browning, Goethe, Spinoza, and others are revealed for the first time. John Hallwas's approach combines cultural, biographical, philosophical, psychoanalytic, mythic, and symbolic insights--and concludes with a stunning reassessment of "Our New Poet." The annotated Spoon River Anthology supersedes 75 years of largely misdirected critical commentary. It will send a new generation of readers back to this surprisingly complex book that probes so deeply into the American consciousness--and will send Masters back into our national anthologies
653 editions published between 1901 and 2020 in 20 languages and held by 11,268 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the most striking and original achievements in American poetry is now available in a remarkable edition that comprehends the poet and his book in an entirely new way. This edition of Spoon River Anthology probes the social background of the smalltown world that Edgar Lee Masters loved and hated--and finally transmuted into powerful literary art. Extensive annotations identify the people whose lives inspired the 243 poetic accounts of frustration, violence, struggle, and triumph that once shocked American readers. The most extraordinary feature of this edition is the extensive introduction that provides the key to this misunderstood American classic. The book's relationship to Whitman is clearly established, and the important influences of Browning, Goethe, Spinoza, and others are revealed for the first time. John Hallwas's approach combines cultural, biographical, philosophical, psychoanalytic, mythic, and symbolic insights--and concludes with a stunning reassessment of "Our New Poet." The annotated Spoon River Anthology supersedes 75 years of largely misdirected critical commentary. It will send a new generation of readers back to this surprisingly complex book that probes so deeply into the American consciousness--and will send Masters back into our national anthologies
American poetry : the twentieth century(
Book
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contains over 1500 poems by more than 200 well-known American poets, including Langston Hughes, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens
The new Spoon River by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
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53 editions published between 1924 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the 1920's this collection of poems--"322 microbiographies"--Provides a description of the spiritual and physical disintegration of a small American town as it is caught up in a clash of conflicting values
53 editions published between 1924 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,767 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set in the 1920's this collection of poems--"322 microbiographies"--Provides a description of the spiritual and physical disintegration of a small American town as it is caught up in a clash of conflicting values
Vachel Lindsay : a poet in America by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
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24 editions published between 1926 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 969 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
24 editions published between 1926 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 969 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mark Twain; a portrait by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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25 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 887 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
25 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 887 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Sangamon by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
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12 editions published between 1942 and 1988 in English and held by 874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1942 and 1988 in English and held by 874 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Toward the gulf by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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24 editions published between 1918 and 2019 in English and held by 804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It would have been fitting had I dedicated Spoon River Anthology to you. Considerations of an intimate nature not to mention a literary encouragement which was before yours crowded you from the page
24 editions published between 1918 and 2019 in English and held by 804 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It would have been fitting had I dedicated Spoon River Anthology to you. Considerations of an intimate nature not to mention a literary encouragement which was before yours crowded you from the page
Whitman by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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22 editions published between 1937 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 801 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1937 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 801 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Children of the market place by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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26 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 732 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fictitious autobiography of an Englishman who comes to Chicago in 1833 and takes part in town politics
26 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 732 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fictitious autobiography of an Englishman who comes to Chicago in 1833 and takes part in town politics
Domesday book by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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35 editions published between 1920 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
35 editions published between 1920 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spoon River anthology by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Recording
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46 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 718 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From a cemetery in a fictional mid-American town, the dead speak their truth. Some speak of hardships and sordidness; others, of their simple honest, happy lives. Whether elderly or youthful, mortality has claimed them all. As we here these dramatic monologues, we understand a little more about what it is to be human
46 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 718 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From a cemetery in a fictional mid-American town, the dead speak their truth. Some speak of hardships and sordidness; others, of their simple honest, happy lives. Whether elderly or youthful, mortality has claimed them all. As we here these dramatic monologues, we understand a little more about what it is to be human
Lincoln, the man by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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21 editions published between 1931 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 705 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This work is a complete biography of Abraham Lincoln
21 editions published between 1931 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 705 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This work is a complete biography of Abraham Lincoln
Starved rock by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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26 editions published between 1919 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 664 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1919 collection of more than 40 poems includes Creation," Tyrannosaurus: or Burning Letters," Lord Byron to Doctor Polidori," A Woman of Forty," William Shakespeare," By the Waters of Babylon," The Christian Statesman," Winged Victory," Oh You Sabbatarians!", Pallas Athene," Chicago," and Inexorable Deities."
26 editions published between 1919 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 664 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1919 collection of more than 40 poems includes Creation," Tyrannosaurus: or Burning Letters," Lord Byron to Doctor Polidori," A Woman of Forty," William Shakespeare," By the Waters of Babylon," The Christian Statesman," Winged Victory," Oh You Sabbatarians!", Pallas Athene," Chicago," and Inexorable Deities."
Mitch Miller by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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32 editions published between 1920 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two boys try to emulate the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, in their own Illinois town
32 editions published between 1920 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 640 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two boys try to emulate the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, in their own Illinois town
The great valley by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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23 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1916 gathering of verse follows Masters's landmark volume, Spoon River Anthology . Poems include Fort Dearborn," Captain John Whistler," Lincoln and Douglas Debates," The Typical American?", Come, Republic," Achilles Deatheridge," To a Spirochaeta," My Dog Ponto," The Gospel of Mark, Theodore Dreiser," Monsieur D to the Psychoanalyst," and many others
23 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 628 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1916 gathering of verse follows Masters's landmark volume, Spoon River Anthology . Poems include Fort Dearborn," Captain John Whistler," Lincoln and Douglas Debates," The Typical American?", Come, Republic," Achilles Deatheridge," To a Spirochaeta," My Dog Ponto," The Gospel of Mark, Theodore Dreiser," Monsieur D to the Psychoanalyst," and many others
Songs and satires by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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21 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 535 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
21 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 535 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The open sea by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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17 editions published between 1921 and 2016 in English and held by 483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The poems in this evocative collection are written in the same vein as Masters's tour de force, Spoon River Anthology. In free verse, Masters gives voice to a gathering of historical figures and fictitious characters who tell their stories both the poignant and the sordid from places as diverse as ancient Rome, Babylon, and the American Midwest. Among the selections are Adelaide and John Wilkes Booth," and Invocation to the Gods."
17 editions published between 1921 and 2016 in English and held by 483 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The poems in this evocative collection are written in the same vein as Masters's tour de force, Spoon River Anthology. In free verse, Masters gives voice to a gathering of historical figures and fictitious characters who tell their stories both the poignant and the sordid from places as diverse as ancient Rome, Babylon, and the American Midwest. Among the selections are Adelaide and John Wilkes Booth," and Invocation to the Gods."
Lee : a dramatic poem by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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11 editions published between 1926 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 455 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The scene is the lawn around the uncompleted Washington monument in the city of Washington. It is in the early morning of April 17th 1861. The air is balmy, the skies fresh and blue through which white clouds are moving amid the glory of the vernal sunlight. Ormund and Arimanius, figures neither old nor young, neither ancient nor modern, but distinguished by something that makes them eternal types, are walking about the monument in earnest talk. They might be Americans of less familiar appearance, or old world characters, but not too alien. The spring wind blows their voices at first before their words become intelligible; and it is evident that they have been in conversation for some time. What is heard at first may be out of the midst of their dialogue, or at the end of it; but it seems to convey the substance of all that they have discussed with each other. -- Prologue
11 editions published between 1926 and 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 455 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The scene is the lawn around the uncompleted Washington monument in the city of Washington. It is in the early morning of April 17th 1861. The air is balmy, the skies fresh and blue through which white clouds are moving amid the glory of the vernal sunlight. Ormund and Arimanius, figures neither old nor young, neither ancient nor modern, but distinguished by something that makes them eternal types, are walking about the monument in earnest talk. They might be Americans of less familiar appearance, or old world characters, but not too alien. The spring wind blows their voices at first before their words become intelligible; and it is evident that they have been in conversation for some time. What is heard at first may be out of the midst of their dialogue, or at the end of it; but it seems to convey the substance of all that they have discussed with each other. -- Prologue
Tendencies in modern American poetry by
Amy Lowell(
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8 editions published between 1917 and 1919 in English and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Amy Lowell wrote this analytical book in the heat of the Imagist movement
8 editions published between 1917 and 1919 in English and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Amy Lowell wrote this analytical book in the heat of the Imagist movement
Invisible landscapes by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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12 editions published between 1935 and 1982 in 3 languages and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1935 and 1982 in 3 languages and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Sandburg, Carl 1878-1967 Narrator
- Lindsay, Vachel 1879-1931
- H. D. (Hilda Doolittle) 1886-1961
- Frost, Robert 1874-1963 Narrator
- Dreiser, Theodore 1871-1945
- Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
- Stein, Gertrude 1874-1946 Creator Narrator
- Crane, Hart 1899-1932
- Cowley, Malcolm 1898-1989
- Ford, Charles Henri
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Adams, Henry, American literature American poetry Anderson, Sherwood, Authors, American Barnes, Djuna Bishop, Elizabeth, Bohemianism Capote, Truman, Cather, Willa, Cemeteries Cheever, John Chopin, Kate, City and town life in literature Civilization Crane, Hart, Crane, Stephen, Didion, Joan Dreiser, Theodore, Epitaphs Frost, Robert, Glasgow, Ellen, H. D.--(Hilda Doolittle), Howells, William Dean, Illinois Illinois--Chicago Intellectual life James, Henry, Lindsay, Vachel, Literature London, Jack, Mailer, Norman Masters, Edgar Lee, McCarthy, Mary, Middle West Millay, Edna St. Vincent, Norris, Frank, Poetry Porter, Katherine Anne, Pound, Ezra, Realism in literature Robinson, Edwin Arlington, Roth, Philip Sandburg, Carl, Stein, Gertrude, Twain, Mark, United States Updike, John Wharton, Edith, Wilson, Edmund,
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Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters americký spisovatel
Edgar Lee Masters Amerikaans dichter (1868-1950)
Edgar Lee Masters amerikansk poet
Edgar Lee Masters écrivain américain
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Edgar Lee Masters poeta statunitense
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Edgar Lee Masters yhdysvaltalainen runoilija, elämäkerrankirjoittaja ja näytelmäkirjailija
Edgar Li Masters
Ford Webster
Ford, Webster 1868-1950
Lee Masters, Edgar
Lee Masters, Edgar 1868-1950
Masters, E. L. 1868-1950
Masters, E. L. (Edgar Lee), 1868-1950
Masters, Edgar L.
Masters, Edgar L. 1868-1950
Masters Edgar Lee
Masters, Edgar Lee 1869-1950
Mastersas E.L.
Mastersas Edgaras Lee
Mastersas Edgaras Li
Mastersas Edgaras Ly
Έντγκαρ Λη Μάστερς Αμερικανός ποιητής, θεατρικός συγγραφέας και βιογράφος
Μάστερς, Έντγκαρ Λη 1868-1950
Едгар Лий Мастърс
Мастерс, Эдгар Л. 1868-1950
Мастерс Эдгар Ли
Мастерс, Эдгар Ли 1868-1950
Эдгар Ли Мастерс
إدجار لي ماسترز
إدجار لي ماسترز كاتب أمريكي
ادقار لی مسترز
ادگار لی مسترز شاعر آمریکایی
에드거 리 매스터스
エドガー・リー・マスターズ
マスターズ
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