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

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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]
Subjects:	Masters, Edgar Lee, > 1868-1950. > Spoon River anthology. City and town life in literature. National characteristics, American, in literature. American poetry > Middle West > History and criticism. Middle West > In literature.

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