Masters, Edgar Lee 1868-1950
Overview
| Works: | 674 works in 2,216 publications in 18 languages and 49,972 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography History Drama Biographies Autobiographies Fiction Novels Juvenile works |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Narrator, Signer, Other, Creator, Lyricist, Inscriber, Bibliographic antecedent, Librettist, Author of introduction, Performer |
| 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 )
- Edgar Lee Masters : a biography by Herbert K Russell( Book )
- America's literary revolt by Michael Yatron( Book )
- Sight-readings : American fictions by Elizabeth Hardwick( Book )
- Beyond Spoon River : the legacy of Edgar Lee Masters by Ronald Primeau( Book )
- American fictions by Elizabeth Hardwick( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River anthology by Charles Aidman( 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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599 editions published between 1914 and 2018 in 19 languages and held by 11,156 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
599 editions published between 1914 and 2018 in 19 languages and held by 11,156 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(
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,343 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 2,343 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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50 editions published between 1924 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,757 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
50 editions published between 1924 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,757 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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22 editions published between 1926 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1926 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 973 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Sangamon by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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12 editions published between 1942 and 1988 in English and held by 890 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
12 editions published between 1942 and 1988 in English and held by 890 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mark Twain; a portrait by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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24 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
24 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 873 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Whitman by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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23 editions published between 1937 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1937 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Toward the gulf by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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22 editions published between 1918 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1918 verse collection includes the author's epitaph, "To-morrow is my birthday," as well as "Cities of the plain," "Excluded middle," "Samuel Butler, et al," "Johnny Appleseed," 'Victor Rafolski on art," "Delilah," "Bertrand and Gourgaud talk over old times," "Draw the sword, O republic," "Neanderthal," and many others
22 editions published between 1918 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 763 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This 1918 verse collection includes the author's epitaph, "To-morrow is my birthday," as well as "Cities of the plain," "Excluded middle," "Samuel Butler, et al," "Johnny Appleseed," 'Victor Rafolski on art," "Delilah," "Bertrand and Gourgaud talk over old times," "Draw the sword, O republic," "Neanderthal," and many others
Spoon River anthology by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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42 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 747 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
42 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 747 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
Domesday book by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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30 editions published between 1920 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
30 editions published between 1920 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 731 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lincoln, the man by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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20 editions published between 1931 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 701 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This work is a complete biography of Abraham Lincoln
20 editions published between 1931 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 701 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This work is a complete biography of Abraham Lincoln
Children of the market place by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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22 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in English and held by 692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fictitious autobiography of an Englishman who comes to Chicago in 1833 and takes part in town politics
22 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in English and held by 692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fictitious autobiography of an Englishman who comes to Chicago in 1833 and takes part in town politics
Starved rock by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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23 editions published between 1919 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 662 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."
23 editions published between 1919 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 662 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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31 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
31 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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19 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 622 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
19 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 622 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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19 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
19 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 537 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The open sea by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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14 editions published between 1921 and 2016 in English and held by 494 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."
14 editions published between 1921 and 2016 in English and held by 494 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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10 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
10 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 404 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 404 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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11 editions published between 1935 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
11 editions published between 1935 and 1982 in English and Undetermined and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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Related Identities
- Lindsay, Vachel 1879-1931
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington 1869-1935
- Frost, Robert 1874-1963 Narrator
- Sandburg, Carl 1878-1967 Narrator
- Swenson, May Author of introduction Editor
- Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
- Van Doren, Mark 1894-1972 Performer Author
- Davidson, Donald 1893-1968
- Goodman, Paul 1911-1972
- Patchen, Kenneth 1911-1972
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Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters americký spisovatel
Edgar Lee Masters Amerikaans dichter (1868-1950)
Edgar Lee Masters amerikansk poet
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Edgar Li Masters
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Ford, Webster 1868-1950
Lee Masters, Edgar
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
Едгар Лий Мастърс
Мастерс Эдгар Ли
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إدجار لي ماسترز
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ادقار لی مسترز
ادگار لی مسترز شاعر آمریکایی
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