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Book Synopsis
As the first full-length critical study of Edgar Lee Masters, Beyond Spoon River is important not only for its reevaluation of this American poet and his work but also for its valuable insights into central questions of aesthetics, regionalism, and the nature and meaning of literary influence.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Selected References
  • 1. An Omnivorous Reader: Masters And Influence
  • 2. “While Homer and Whitman Roared in the Pines”: Masters As Critic
  • 3. “I Am a Hellenist”: Masters, Goethe, And The Greeks
  • 4. “Awakened and Harmonized”: Masters And Emerson
  • 5. “The Natural Child of Walt Whitman”: Beyond The “Spoon River Poet”
  • 6. Hymns on the Midwestern Prairie: Shelley And Masters
  • 7. Intense and Subtle: Parleyings With Browning
  • 8. Invisible Landscapes and New Universes: “Regionalism” Revisited
  • Notes
  • Index

Beyond Spoon River

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 June 1981
      ISBN-13 9780292729254
      978-0292729254
      ISBN-10 0292729251

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      As the first full-length critical study of Edgar Lee Masters, Beyond Spoon River is important not only for its reevaluation of this American poet and his work but also for its valuable insights into central questions of aesthetics, regionalism, and the nature and meaning of literary influence.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Selected References
      • 1. An Omnivorous Reader: Masters And Influence
      • 2. “While Homer and Whitman Roared in the Pines”: Masters As Critic
      • 3. “I Am a Hellenist”: Masters, Goethe, And The Greeks
      • 4. “Awakened and Harmonized”: Masters And Emerson
      • 5. “The Natural Child of Walt Whitman”: Beyond The “Spoon River Poet”
      • 6. Hymns on the Midwestern Prairie: Shelley And Masters
      • 7. Intense and Subtle: Parleyings With Browning
      • 8. Invisible Landscapes and New Universes: “Regionalism” Revisited
      • Notes
      • Index

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