However, it is precisely the fact that the characters speaking in the Anthology are dead that grants their monologues the necessary amplitude to portray the reality of their life, and in doing so, to recreate that of Spoon River. It is, indeed, quite surprising for a naturalist poet to use a supernatural element to depict his reality. Rover Owners' Handbook: Rover 3500 & 3500s Series 2 (P6): Part No.At first sight, it may seems paradoxal that, while aiming for an accurate representation of reality, the poet uses the voices of dead people, in the form 'self epitaphs'.Primeau concludes by exploring Masters' midwestern heritage in the light of recent reinterpretations of regionalism. For Masters, the composite of all these influences provided a corrective to the poetry and criticism of his time, which he little admired. After reviewing Masters' own statements on literary influence and his role as a critic, Primeau devotes the main body of his study to the major influences on Masters' work-the Greeks, Goethe, Emerson, Whitman, Shelley, and Browning.

Masters' wide reading in the whole of western literature shaped his own attitudes, themes, and style, and his detailed accounts of that reading and its effect on his work form the basis for this reinterpretation of his place in American poetry in this century. The inordinate popularity of Spoon River Anthology has for many years unfairly restricted Masters' reputation as a 'one-book phenomenon,' although between 19 he wrote over fifty other books-most of which were neglected or misinterpreted precisely because they attempted a large-scale rewriting of what he felt had been obscured or distorted in the Anglo-American tradition. Book excerpt: 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.

This book was released on with total page 232 pages. Book Synopsis Beyond Spoon River by : Ronald Primeauĭownload or read book Beyond Spoon River written by Ronald Primeau and published by University of Texas Press.

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