Spoon River Anthology (平装) 0486272753

Realistic, and often cynical, these epitaphs are spoken from the grave by a collection of two hundred and forty four people buried in a village cemetery in America's Midwest. The whole spectrum of human life is represented here; with everyone from poet to shopkeeper given a chance to narrate their life, and tell of their thwarted hopes and dreams; and their struggles, both personal and political. With these classic poems, Masters took his revenge on the hypocrisy and narrow-mindedness of small-town America, portraying a town filled with injustice, corruption, and cruelty.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From School Library Journal YA-- A richly annotated edition resuscitates a fading American classic. Because Hallivas's pithy introduction adds both perspective and gossipy detail, YAs will enjoy learning about the individual struggles of the 244 characters who speak from the cemetery on "the hill." Secondary teachers will find this a useful tool for preparing character sketches, thanks to the lively, specific annotations naming names: who rejected whom; who challenged whom, both physically and politically--and it is all expertly researched. The microcosm of Spoon River comes alive with its central conflicts of agrarian traditionist v. temperance and abolitionist activism. From the grave, the hard-drinking, roughly hewn frontiersmen challenge the do-good social reformers, reenacting the struggle the 19th-century midwestern push kindled: would any government law prohibiting drinking or slavery impress these strong individual-rights townspeople? They offer their own answers as Masters intended, but they offer the responses against a tapestry of detail the editor provides. Hallivas's cogent essay traces the philosophical influences that marked Masters's works: Spinoza, Goethe, and especially Whitman. The inclusion of several photographs of the characters who speak adds important visual detail. - Margaret Nolan, W. T. Woodson High School, Fairfax, VA Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review Spoon River Anthology: Ace Shaw Spoon River Anthology: Butch Weldy Spoon River Anthology: Indignation Jones Spoon River Anthology: A. D. 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Calhoun Spoon River Anthology: Henry Layton Spoon River Anthology: Henry Phipps Spoon River Anthology: Henry Tripp Spoon River Anthology: Herbert Marshall Spoon River Anthology: Herman Altman Spoon River Anthology: Hildrup Tubbs Spoon River Anthology: Hiram Scates Spoon River Anthology: Hod Putt Spoon River Anthology: Homer Clapp Spoon River Anthology: Hon. Henry Bennett Spoon River Anthology: Hortense Robbins Spoon River Anthology: Ida Chicken Spoon River Anthology: Ida Frickey Spoon River Anthology: Imanuel Ehrenhardt Spoon River Anthology: Ippolit Konovaloff Spoon River Anthology: Isa Nutter Spoon River Anthology: Isaiah Beethoven Spoon River Anthology: J. Milton Miles Spoon River Anthology: Jack Mcguire Spoon River Anthology: Jacob Godbey Spoon River Anthology: Jacob Goodpasture Spoon River Anthology: James Garber Spoon River Anthology: Jeduthan Hawley Spoon River Anthology: Jefferson Howard Spoon River Anthology: Jennie M'grew Spoon River Anthology: Jeremy Carlisle Spoon River Anthology: Jim Brown Spoon River Anthology: John Ballard Spoon River Anthology: John Cabanis Spoon River Anthology: John Hancock Otis Spoon River Anthology: John Horace Burleson Spoon River Anthology: John M. Church Spoon River Anthology: John Wasson Spoon River Anthology: Johnnie Sayre Spoon River Anthology: Jonas Keene Spoon River Anthology: Jonathan Houghton Spoon River Anthology: Jonathan Swift Somers Spoon River Anthology: Joseph Dixon Spoon River Anthology: Josiah Tompkins Spoon River Anthology: Judge Selah Lively Spoon River Anthology: Judge Somers Spoon River Anthology: Judson Stoddard Spoon River Anthology: Julia Miller Spoon River Anthology: Julian Scott Spoon River Anthology: Justice Arnett Spoon River Anthology: Kinsey Keene Spoon River Anthology: Knowlt Hoheimer Spoon River Anthology: Lambert Hutchins Spoon River Anthology: Le Roy Goldman Spoon River Anthology: Lillian Stewart Spoon River Anthology: Lois Spears Spoon River Anthology: Louise Smith Spoon River Anthology: Lucinda Matlock Spoon River Anthology: Lucius Atherton Spoon River Anthology: Lydia Humphrey Spoon River Anthology: Lydia Puckett Spoon River Anthology: Lyman King Spoon River Anthology: Mable Osborne Spoon River Anthology: Magrady Graham Spoon River Anthology: Many Soldiers Spoon River Anthology: Margaret Fuller Black Spoon River Anthology: Marie Bateson Spoon River Anthology: Mary Mcneely Spoon River Anthology: Mickey M'grew Spoon River Anthology: Minerva Jones Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Benjamin Pantier Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Charles Bliss Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. George Reece Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Kessler Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Merritt Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Meyers Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Purkapile Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Sibley Spoon River Anthology: Mrs. Williams Spoon River Anthology: Nancy Knapp Spoon River Anthology: Nellie Clark Spoon River Anthology: Nicholas Bindle Spoon River Anthology: Oaks Tutt Spoon River Anthology: Ollie Mcgee Spoon River Anthology: Oscar Hummel Spoon River Anthology: Paul Mcneely Spoon River Anthology: Pauline Barrett Spoon River Anthology: Peleg Poague Spoon River Anthology: Penniwit, The Artist Spoon River Anthology: Percival Sharp Spoon River Anthology: Percy Bysshe Shelley Spoon River Anthology: Perry Zoll Spoon River Anthology: Petit The Poet Spoon River Anthology: Plymouth Rock Joe Spoon River Anthology: Professor Newcomer Spoon River Anthology: Ralph Rhodes Spoon River Anthology: Rebecca Wasson Spoon River Anthology: Reuben Pantier Spoon River Anthology: Rev. Abner Peet Spoon River Anthology: Rev. Lemuel Wiley Spoon River Anthology: Richard Bone Spoon River Anthology: Robert Davidson Spoon River Anthology: Robert Fulton Tanner Spoon River Anthology: Robert Southey Burke Spoon River Anthology: Roger Heston Spoon River Anthology: Roscoe Purkapile Spoon River Anthology: Rosie Roberts Spoon River Anthology: Roy Butler Spoon River Anthology: Russell Kincaid Spoon River Anthology: Russian Sonia Spoon River Anthology: Rutherford Mcdowell Spoon River Anthology: Sam Hookery Spoon River Anthology: Samuel Gardner Spoon River Anthology: Sarah Brown Spoon River Anthology: Scholfield Hurley Spoon River Anthology: Schroeder The Fisherman Spoon River Anthology: Searcy Foote Spoon River Anthology: Serepta Mason Spoon River Anthology: Sersmith The Dentist Spoon River Anthology: Seth Compton Spoon River Anthology: Shack Dye Spoon River Anthology: Silas Dement Spoon River Anthology: State's Attorney Fallas Spoon River Anthology: Tennessee Claflin Shope Spoon River Anthology: The Circuit Judge Spoon River Anthology: The Hill Spoon River Anthology: The Spooniad Spoon River Anthology: The Town Marshal Spoon River Anthology: The Unknown Spoon River Anthology: The Village Atheist Spoon River Anthology: Theodore The Poet Spoon River Anthology: Thomas Rhodes Spoon River Anthology: Thomas Ross, Jr. Spoon River Anthology: Thomas Trevelyan Spoon River Anthology: Tom Beatty Spoon River Anthology: Tom Merritt Spoon River Anthology: Trainor, The Druggist Spoon River Anthology: Voltaire Johnson Spoon River Anthology: W. Lloyd Garrison Standard Spoon River Anthology: Wallace Ferguson Spoon River Anthology: Walter Simmons Spoon River Anthology: Washington Mcneely Spoon River Anthology: Webster Ford Spoon River Anthology: Wendell P. Bloyd Spoon River Anthology: Widow Mcfarlane Spoon River Anthology: Willard Fluke Spoon River Anthology: William And Emily Spoon River Anthology: William Goode Spoon River Anthology: William H. Herndon Spoon River Anthology: William Jones Spoon River Anthology: Willie Metcalf Spoon River Anthology: Willie Pennington Spoon River Anthology: Yee Bow Spoon River Anthology: Zenas Witt Spoon River Anthology: Zilpha Marsh -- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950) is best known for the Spoon River Anthology (1915). As well as verse, he also wrote biographies of fellow writers including Mark Twain and Walt Whitman.Shena Mackay is the author of a number of works, including the Booker-shortlisted The Orchard on Fire. Her most recent novel, Heligoland (2003), was shortlisted for the both Orange Prize for Fiction and the Whitbread Novel Award.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

出版社	Dover Publications Inc.
作者	Edgar Lee Masters