The microcosm of Spoon River comes alive with its central conflicts of agrarian traditionist v. 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 tow
The microcosm of Spoon River comes alive with its central conflicts of agrarian traditionist v. 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. temperance and abolitionist activism. From School Library Journal YA-- A richly annotated edition resuscitates a fading American classic. . Hallivas's cogent essay traces the philosophical influences that marked Masters's works: Spinoza, Goethe, and especially Whitman. Because Hallivas's pithy introduction adds both perspective and gossipy detail, YAs will enHis approach to " healing " their behavior is sound, but found it extremely difficult to carry out. With modern means of copying such works, there is no excuse for so crippling a good book.. Yet, she is buoyant and draws strength from the members of her broken family as she searches for the truth about Levi's death. I loved Tiger, and reading about how he wanted to resist Zandy, but just couldn't. The heroine in this novel is strong, level headed, funny, and a good match for the hero. These notebooks had the same "design" but felt much flimsier than the prior set of 3 Rifle notebooks I'd bought before. I would recommend this book to every single person to understand our own thoughts, and those of others.. from 1400 to 1800 or thereabouts) and when I have a chapter stuck in there that hits both 1250 and 2012, it throws a wrench into the class structure.I realize that creating a survey of art from all around the world is a very difficult proposition. I have over 40 yrs experience listening to and treating people wIn Spoon River Anthology, the American poet Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950) created a series of compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dream of their lives. First published in book form in 1915, the Anthology was the crowning achievement of Masters' career as a poet, and a work that would become a landmark of 20th-century American literature.
In these pages, no less than 214 individual voices are heard — some in no more than a dozen moving lines. Alternately plaintive, anguished, enigmatic, angry, and contemptuous, the voices of Spoon River, although distinctively small-town Americans, evoke themes of love and hope, disappointment and despair that are universal in their resonance. This American classic is reprinted here from the authoritative 1915 edition.
- Title : Spoon River Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)
- Author : Edgar Lee Masters
- Rating : 4.71 (821 Vote)
- Publish : 2016-10-4
- Format : Paperback
- Pages : 144 Pages
- Asin : 0486272753
- Language : English
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