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Spoon River Anthology

by Edgar Lee Masters · 1915

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From spoonriveranthology.net: "Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology was an immediate commercial success when it was published in 1915. Unconventional in both style and content, it shattered the myths of small town American life. A collection of epitaphs of residents of a small town, a full understanding of Spoon River requires the reader to piece together narratives from fragments contained in individual poems."

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
theatretheatreMore like thisLess of thisAmerican historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
Middle WestMiddle WestMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thishigh schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of this
Subject
historyhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 112 pages
Form
playsplaysMore like thisLess of thisshort storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of thispoetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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