Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters - Paperback VINTAGE Classics 1962

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Originally published in Reedy’s Mirror from May 29, 1914 until January 5, 1915 and then first in book form in 1915 with an expanded edition in 1916, “Spoon River Anthology” is a collection of poetry inspired by the tombstones of the dead in a small rural American town. There is no real Spoon River as the entire town and its inhabitants are fictional but much of the town and its deceased occupants are based in part on Masters’ own childhood growing up in small towns in Illinois. Spoon River Anthology is Edgar Lee Masters’ masterpiece, a collection of poetry that weaves a tapestry of the lives of a group of small-town Americans, which taken together reads like a novel critiquing the notion of the idyllic rural American life. A critical and financial success from its first publication, Spoon River Anthology is a truly original work of American literature, the likes of which there has not been before or since. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper; follows the expanded 1916 edition with its additional thirty-five poems, “The Spooniad”, and the epilogue; and includes an introduction by May Swenson.

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    9780020700104

This is a used, mass market paperback book in nearly new to like new condition.  Appears never read.  A VINTAGE copy, this is the 36th printing of the 1962 edition.  It's actually more recent than 1962, but 1962 is the latest date to be printed on the copyright page.  Nonetheless, a RARE find, especially in such great condition.  Collier.  Softcover, 318 pages.

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