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Edgar Lee Masters: A Biography

Now in paperback, this biography of Edgar Lee Masters, author of the celebrated Spoon River Anthology, one of the most widely read and discussed works of poetry ever written in America, brilliantly conveys the internal contradictions that drove Masters throughout his life. Herbert K. Russell is the first scholar to be allowed to read and quote from all of Masters's diaries, his correspondence, and the unpublished chapters of his 1936 autobiography Across Spoon River. Russell skillfully tempers Masters's own version of events to craft a nuanced account of the poet's tempestuous relationships, impetuous business decisions, and artistic struggles. --University of Illinois Press.

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