Spoon River America : Edgar Lee Masters and the myth of the American small town /

A literary and cultural milestone, Spoon River Anthology captured an idea of the rural Midwest that became a bedrock myth of life in small-town America. Jason Stacy places the book within the atmosphere of its time and follows its progress as the poetry took root and thrived. Published by Edgar Lee...

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Main Author: Stacy, Jason, 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
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