Spoon River AnthologyThe innovative free verse collection of small-town life that made Edgar Lee Masters a legend A literary sensation when it appeared in 1915, Spoon River Anthology earned Edgar Lee Masters comparisons to T. S. Eliot and Walt Whitman. The characters who speak here tarnish the pure image of their Midwestern hamlet by holding forth from the grave with tales of illicit love affairs, betrayed confidences, political corruption, and miserable marriages. The first serious work of psychological naturalism, this artful indictment of small-town hypocrisy influenced Theodore Dreiser, William Faulkner, and other luminaries. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
Contents
HAINSFEATHER BARNEY 98 | 22 |
WASSON JOHN 209 | 26 |
PANTIER BENJAMIN | 27 |
JONES FRANKLIN 94 | 34 |
HERNDON WILLIAM H 218 | 39 |
ALTMAN HERMAN 224 | 45 |
SCHROEDER THE FISHERMAN 178 | 47 |
MCNEELY PAUL 113 | 54 |
RHODES RALPH 144 | 117 |
FAWCETT CLARENCE | 132 |
CABANIS FLOSSIE 48 | 133 |
SOLDIERS MANY 210 | 136 |
MCDOWELL RUTHERFORD 220 | 137 |
CALHOUN GRANVILLE 187 | 140 |
SOMERS JUDGE 25 | 142 |
MCGEE FLETCHER 17 | 145 |
ARMSTRONG HANNAH 221 | 59 |
SHOPE TENNESSEE CLAFLIN 229 | 60 |
ISEMAN DR SIEGRFIED | 62 |
ARNETT JUSTICE | 65 |
SMITH LOUISE | 75 |
MARSHALL HERBERT | 76 |
BALLARD JOHN 243 | 78 |
BURKE ROBERT SOUTHEY | 82 |
WHITNEY HARMON 152 | 85 |
JONES WILLIAM 235 | 86 |
JACK BLIND | 87 |
BURLESON JOHN HORACE | 88 |
FALLAS STATES ATTORNEY | 91 |
BLOYD WENDELL P | 92 |
PEET REV ABNER | 99 |
LAYTON HENRY 203 | 107 |
YEE BOW III | 111 |
M | 115 |
MASON SEREPTA 20 | 116 |
RICHTER GUSTAV 250 | 146 |
TANNER ROBERT FULTON 18 | 150 |
FLUKE WILLARD 66 | 162 |
TRAINOR THE DRUGGIST 31 | 164 |
SAYRE JOHNNIE 50 | 166 |
FORD WEBSTER 261 | 175 |
CHENEY COLUMBUS 226 | 176 |
SCHIRDING ALBERT 108 | 177 |
BONE RICHARD | 179 |
TRIMBLE GEORGE 61 | 186 |
ZOLL PERRY | 190 |
DIPPOLD THE OPTICIAN | 191 |
JAMES GODWIN | 211 |
BRANSON CAROLINE | 213 |
JOE PLYMOUTH ROCK | 230 |
GARRICK AMELIA 130 | 249 |
DIXON JOSEPH | 254 |
BROWN JIM 120 | 259 |
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