Spoon River anthology / Edgar Lee Masters ; with a new introduction by May Swenson.
| Author/creator | Masters, Edgar Lee |
| Other author | Swenson, May writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Collier Books, 1962. |
| Description | 318 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Classic Collier books Classic Collier books. ^A1353744 |
| Contents | Herman Altman -- Hannah Armstrong -- Harold Arnett -- Justice Arnett -- The Village Atheist -- Lucius Atherton -- John Ballard -- Amanda Barker -- Pauline Barrett -- Ezra Bartlett -- Marie Bateson -- Tom Beatty -- Isaiah Beethoven -- Hon. Henry Bennett -- Nicholas Bindle -- Mrs. Charles Bliss -- A.D. Blood -- Wendell P. Bloyd -- Richard Bone -- Caroline Branson -- Jim Brown -- Sarah Brown -- Elijah Browning -- Robert Southey Burke -- John Horace Burleson -- Roy Butler -- Flossie Cabanis -- John Cabanis -- Granville Calhoun -- Henry C. Calhoun -- Calvin Campbell -- Jeremy Carlisle -- Eugene Carman -- Columbus Cheney -- Ida Chicken -- Elizabeth Childers -- John M. Church -- Alfonso Churchill -- Homer Clapp -- Nellie Clark -- Aner Clute -- Seth Compton -- Edith Conant -- E.C. Culbertson -- Robert Davidson -- Silas Dement -- Dippold The Optician -- Joseph Dixon -- Batterton Dobyns -- Frank Drummer -- Hare Drummer -- Enoch Dunlap -- Shack Dye -- Imanuel Ehrenhardt -- Epilogue -- State's attorney Fallas -- Clarence Fawcett -- Wallace Ferguson -- Anthony Findlay -- Willard Fluke -- Searcy Foote -- Webster Ford -- Benjamin Fraser -- Daisy Fraser -- Charlie French -- Ida Frickey -- James Garber -- Samuel Gardner -- Amelia Garrick -- Jacob Godbey -- Le Roy Goldman -- William Goode -- Harry Carey Goodhue -- Jacob Goodpasture -- Magrady Graham -- George Gray -- Ami Green -- Hamilton Greene -- Griffy The Cooper -- Dorcas Gustine -- Barney Hainsfeather -- Carl Hamblin -- Constance Hately -- Aaron Hatfield -- Elliott Hawkins -- Jeduthan Hawley -- Chase Henry -- William H. Herndon -- Roger Heston -- Archibald Higbie -- Doc Hill -- The Hill -- Knowlt Hoheimer -- Barry Holden -- Sam Hookey -- Jonathan Houghton -- Jefferson Howard -- Cassius Hueffer -- Oscar Hummel -- Lydia Humphrey -- Lambert Hutchins -- Scholfield Huxley -- Ernest Hyde -- Dr. Siegfried Iseman -- Blind Jack -- Godwin James -- Plymouth Rock Joe -- Voltaire Johnson -- Fiddler Jones -- Franklin Jones -- "Indignation" Jones -- Minerva Jones -- William Jones -- The Circuit Judge -- Elmer Karr -- Jonas Keene -- Kinsey Keene -- Bert Kessler -- Mrs. Kessler -- Captain Orlando Killion -- Russell Kincaid -- Lyman King -- Nancy Knapp -- Ippolit Konovaloff -- Dow Kritt -- Henry Layton -- Judge Selah Lively -- Daniel M'Cumber -- Rutherford McDowell -- Widow McFarlane -- Fletcher McGee -- Ollie McGee -- Jennie M'Grew -- Mickey M'Grew -- Jack McGuire -- Mary McNeely -- Paul McNeely -- Washington McNeely -- Father Malloy -- Zilpha Marsh -- The Town Marshal -- Herbert Marshall -- Serepta Mason -- Faith Matheny -- Davis Matlock -- Lucinda Matlock -- Abel Melveny -- Mrs. Merritt -- Tom Merritt -- Willie Metcalf -- Doctor Meyers -- Mrs. Meyers -- Hamlet Micure -- J. Milton Miles -- Julia Miller -- Georgine Sand Miner -- Alfred Moir -- Professor Newcomer -- Andy The Night-Watch -- Isa Nutter -- Mabel Osborne -- John Hancock Otis -- Benjamin Pantier -- Mrs. Benjamin Pantier -- Reuben Pantier -- Rev. Abner Peet -- Willie Pennington -- The Artist Penniwit -- The Poet Petit -- Henry Phipps -- Peleg Poague -- Edmund Pollard -- Cooney Potter -- Lydia Puckett -- Mrs. Purkapile -- Roscoe Purkapile -- Hod Putt -- Mrs. George Reece -- Ralph Rhodes -- Thomas Rhodes -- Gustav Richter -- Hortense Robbins -- Rosie Roberts -- Thomas Ross Jr. -- Sonia Russian -- Anne Rutledge -- Johnnie Sayre -- Hiram Scates -- Albert Schirding -- Felix Schmidt -- The Fisherman Schroeder -- Julian Scott -- Sexsmith The Dentist -- Harlan Sewall -- Percival Sharp -- "Ace" Shaw -- Percy Bysshe Shelley -- Tennessee Claflin Shope -- Amos Sibley -- Mrs. Sibley -- Conrad Siever -- Walter Simmons -- Dillard Sissman -- Margaret Fuller Slack -- Louise Smith -- Many Soldiers -- Jonathan Swift Somers -- Judge Somers -- Emily Sparks -- Lois Spears -- The Spooniad -- W. Lloyd Garrison Standard -- Lillian Stewart -- Judson Stoddard -- Robert Fulton Tanner -- Deacon Taylor -- Theodore The Poet -- English Thornton -- Alexander Throckmorton -- Eugenia Todd -- Josiah Tompkins -- Trainor The Druggist -- Thomas Trevelyan -- George Trimble -- Henry Tripp -- Hildrup Tubbs -- Francis Turner -- Oaks Tutt -- The Unknown -- John Wasson -- Rebecca Wasson -- Charles Webster -- Adam Weirauch -- "Butch" Weldy -- Elsa Wertman -- Editor Whedon -- Harmon Whitney -- Rev. Lemuel Wiley -- Arlo Will -- William and Emily -- Dora Williams -- Mrs. Williams -- Harry Wilmans -- Zenas Witt -- Bow Yee -- Perry Zoll. |
| Abstract | A series of character sketches which reveal the life of a village community in the Middle West. They are in the form of epitaphs in a kind of 'free verse'. |
| Local note | Stuart Wright Book Collection #104A.52. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-318). |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Wright Coll. copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2011 |
| Genre/form | Poetry. |
| LCCN | 62018591 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Stuart Wright Collection | PS3525.A83 S5 1962 | ✔ Available | Request Material |