- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press; New edition edition (15 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0252073142
- ISBN-13: 978-0252073144
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,006,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Russell achieves a splendidly multidimensional view of Masters, the complex man as well as the prolific writer." Library Journal "This is the first full biography of Masters, and it is also likely to be the last, Russell has done his job so well...Crisply written, meticulously researched and documented, this is the biography of Masters for the foreseeable future." James Hurt, author of Writing Illinois: The Prairie, Lincoln, and Chicago
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Now in paperback, this is the first book-length 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. Herbert K. Russell, acknowledged as the foremost authority on Masters, brilliantly conveys the internal contradictions that drove Masters throughout his life. Masters was one of America's most prolific authors yet only one of his works afforded him lasting recognition. He was a successful Chicago lawyer yet he detested the practice of law, and he married twice but was constantly in pursuit of other women.Russell is the first scholar to be allowed to read and quote from all of Masters' diaries, his correspondence, and the unpublished chapters of his 1936 autobiography "Across Spoon River". Russell skillfully tempers Masters' own version of events to craft a nuanced account of the poet's tempestuous relationships, impetuous business decisions, and artistic struggles. Herbert K. Russell, retired director for college relations at John A. Logan College, Carterville, Illinois, is the editor of "The Enduring River: Edgar Lee Masters' Uncollected Spoon River Poems" and other books.
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Edgar Lee Masters - a biography by Herbert Russell
11 May 2001
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This is the best and most complete biography of one of America's great poets. Not only has Russell delivered a meticulously researched story in full, he writes in a very forthright and engaging style. This is the ESSENTIAL Edgar Lee Masters source. For those not familiar with Masters there can be no better introduction. Once I started reading it, I found the book hard to put down.
concise biography
19 Jan 2011
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This is a concise biography, using resources as interviews and letters with family, of Edgar Lee Masters. As a citizen of midwestern Illinois, it is interesting to learn about the origins and motivations behind his book of poetry SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY. It was a book that stirred heated local contoversy and was banned for a number of years from the public library at Lewistown, Illinois. Another good book on SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY is an annotated version. In it, you get an idea of the actual names of the characters in the ANTHOLOGY.
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A superbly researched and written biographical portrait
12 Oct 2001
Format:Hardcover
Edgar Lee Masters is the author of "Spoon River Anthology", one of the most widely read and discussed volumes of American poetry ever written. Biographer Herbert Russell reveals that Masters was also a successful Chicago lawyer who detested the practice of law, married twice and constantly pursuing other women, and at the same time, one of America's most prolific authors, publishing 53 books during his lifetime. Yet only one of works afforded him lasting recognition. Russell draws from Master's diaries, correspondences, unpublished chapters of a 1936 autobiography, and information from his two wives, children, lovers, and contemporaries (including Theodore Dreiser, Carl Sandburg, Harriet Monroe, William Jennings Bryan, and Clarence Darrow) to reveal the poet's many relationships, impulsive business decisions, and artistic struggles. Edgar Lee Masters is a superbly researched and written biographical portrait of a man who changed the course of American poetry, yet was unable to achieve personal fulfillment and artistic success within his own life.
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