Masters, Edgar Lee 1868-1950
Overview
| Works: | 620 works in 2,088 publications in 19 languages and 50,051 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Criticism, interpretation, etc Biography History Drama Biographies Autobiographies Fiction Novels Juvenile works |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Signer, Other, Creator, Lyricist, Librettist, Inscriber, Bibliographic antecedent, 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 )
- Chicago renaissance; the literary life in the Midwest, 1900-1930 by Dale Kramer( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters by John H Wrenn( 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 )
- American fictions by Elizabeth Hardwick( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River anthology by Charles Aidman( Book )
- Beyond Spoon River : the legacy of Edgar Lee Masters by Ronald Primeau( Book )
- Tendencies in modern American poetry by Amy Lowell( Book )
- Some contemporary Americans : the personal equation in literature by Percy Holmes Boynton( Book )
- The new era in American poetry by Louis Untermeyer( Book )
- The Vision of this land : studies of Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, and Carl Sandburg( Book )
- Edgar Lee Masters : a biographical sketchbook about a famous American author by Hardin Wallace Masters( 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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592 editions published between 1914 and 2017 in 20 languages and held by 7,906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A series of character sketches which reveal the life of a village community in the Middle West. They are in the form of epitaphs in a kind of 'free verse'
592 editions published between 1914 and 2017 in 20 languages and held by 7,906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A series of character sketches which reveal the life of a village community in the Middle West. They are in the form of epitaphs in a kind of 'free verse'
American poetry : the twentieth century(
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1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 2,359 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 2,359 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 1,764 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 1,764 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
Spoon River anthology by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
)
11 editions published between 1991 and 1993 in English and held by 1,188 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
11 editions published between 1991 and 1993 in English and held by 1,188 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
Vachel Lindsay : a poet in America by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
)
22 editions published between 1926 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 974 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1926 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 974 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Sangamon by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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14 editions published between 1942 and 1988 in English and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1942 and 1988 in English and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mark Twain; a portrait by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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22 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1938 and 1966 in English and Undetermined and held by 868 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Whitman by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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22 editions published between 1937 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 795 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1937 and 1968 in English and Undetermined and held by 795 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Spoon River anthology by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Recording
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39 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 756 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
39 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 756 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(
Book
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20 editions published between 1931 and 1997 in English and held by 699 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This work is a complete biography of Abraham Lincoln
20 editions published between 1931 and 1997 in English and held by 699 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This work is a complete biography of Abraham Lincoln
Domesday book by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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27 editions published between 1920 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 632 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
27 editions published between 1920 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 632 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Starved rock by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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19 editions published between 1919 and 2012 in English and held by 545 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."
19 editions published between 1919 and 2012 in English and held by 545 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."
The great valley by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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18 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 544 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
18 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 544 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
Mitch Miller by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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28 editions published between 1920 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two boys try to emulate the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, in their own Illinois town
28 editions published between 1920 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 488 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two boys try to emulate the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, in their own Illinois town
Songs and satires by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
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15 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
15 editions published between 1916 and 2011 in English and held by 465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lee : a dramatic poem by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
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7 editions published between 1926 and 1995 in English and held by 452 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published between 1926 and 1995 in English and held by 452 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Children of the market place by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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19 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in English and held by 425 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fictitious autobiography of an Englishman who comes to Chicago in 1833 and takes part in town politics
19 editions published between 1922 and 2013 in English and held by 425 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Fictitious autobiography of an Englishman who comes to Chicago in 1833 and takes part in town politics
Toward the gulf by
Edgar Lee Masters(
Book
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18 editions published between 1918 and 2012 in English and held by 395 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
18 editions published between 1918 and 2012 in English and held by 395 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
Tendencies in modern American poetry by
Amy Lowell(
Book
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8 editions published between 1917 and 1919 in English and held by 366 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 366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Amy Lowell wrote this analytical book in the heat of the Imagist movement
The open sea by
Edgar Lee Masters(
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12 editions published between 1921 and 2016 in English and held by 365 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."
12 editions published between 1921 and 2016 in English and held by 365 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."
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Related Identities
- Sandburg, Carl 1878-1967
- Lindsay, Vachel 1879-1931
- Frost, Robert 1874-1963
- Lowell, Amy 1874-1925 Author
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington 1869-1935
- Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
- Schwartz, Delmore 1913-1966
- Johnson, James Weldon 1871-1938 Creator
- Benét, Stephen Vincent 1898-1943
- Fields, Dorothy 1905-1974
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Alternative Names
Edgar Lee Masters americký spisovatel
Edgar Lee Masters Amerikaans dichter (1868-1950)
Edgar Lee Masters amerikansk poet
Edgar Lee Masters écrivain américain
Edgar Lee Masters escritor estadounidense
Edgar Lee Masters poeta statunitense
Edgar Lee Masters scriitor american
Edgar Lee Masters US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
Edgar Lee Masters yhdysvaltalainen runoilija, elämäkerrankirjoittaja ja näytelmäkirjailija
Edgar Li Masters
Ford, Webster
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
Έντγκαρ Λη Μάστερς Αμερικανός ποιητής, θεατρικός συγγραφέας και βιογράφος
Едгар Лий Мастърс
Мастерс, Эдгар Ли
Эдгар Ли Мастерс
إدجار لي ماسترز
إدجار لي ماسترز كاتب أمريكي
ادقار لی مسترز
ادگار لی مسترز شاعر آمریکایی
エドガー・リー・マスターズ
マスターズ
マスターズ, エドガー・リー
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Italian (134)
Spanish (25)
German (16)
Swedish (16)
Danish (15)
French (9)
Multiple languages (9)
Polish (7)
Dutch (4)
Hungarian (4)
Croatian (2)
Norwegian (2)
Slovak (2)
Catalan (2)
Norwegian (2)
Russian (1)
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