Edgar Lee Masters' Life And Career Chronology Edgar Lee Masters 18681950. Prepared by Natalie N. Jeckel, MillikinUniversity. 1868 Edgar Lee Masters is born August 23 in Garnett, Kansas, http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/masters/life.htm
Extractions: Edgar Lee Masters' Life and Career Ronald Primeau M asters was born in Garnett, Kansas, the son of Hardin Wallace Masters, a lawyer, and Emma J. Dexter. Though his father had moved the family briefly to Kansas to set up a law practice, Masters grew up in the western Illinois farmlands where his grandparents had settled in the 1820s. He was educated in the public schools in Petersburg and Lewistown (where he worked as a newspaper printer after school) and spent a year in an academy school hoping to gain admission to Knox College. Instead of entering college, he read law with his father and, after a brief stint as a bill collector in Chicago, formed a law partnership in 1893 with Kickham Scanlan. Over the next ten years he expressed his Populist views in a series of essays and plays, written under the pseudonym Dexter Wallace. In 1898 he married Helen M. Jenkins, the daughter of a Chicago lawyer; they had three children. In 1903 he joined Clarence Darrow's law firm, where he defended the poor over the next eight years. Some dozen plays and books of poems during this period are undistinguished, serving mostly as political tracts and verse exercises. Extramarital affairs and an argument with Darrow unsettled his personal and professional life from 1908 to 1911, when he went into law practice on his own. In 1914 Masters began a series of poems about his boyhood experiences in western Illinois, published (under the pseudonym Webster Ford) in
Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Lee Masters. (18681950). back home next. In 1915, Edgar Lee Masterspublished The Spoon River Anthology, a book of 244 poems spoken by the http://www.poemtree.com/Masters.htm
Extractions: In 1915, Edgar Lee Masters published The Spoon River Anthology, a book of 244 poems spoken by the deceased residents of Spoon River (a rural area in Illinois) from their graves on "the hill". The book created a stir because many of the supposedly fictional speakers were recognizable as real people. The poems are remarkable for the breadth of personalities and the honesty with which they speak. All the poems were written in free verse, which puts them outside the scope of this "formalist" anthology. Nonetheless, I include some here because they are moving and haunting. These poems are food for my spirit like no other. I recommend this book more strongly than any other book of poetry. Editor The Hill
Literary Encyclopedia: Masters, Edgar Lee Masters, Edgar Lee (18681950). Poet, Lawyer, Novelist, Essayist, Biographer,Autobiographer. Active 1888-1950 in USA, North America http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2982
Literary Encyclopedia: List People (M) Masters, Edgar Lee (Masters, Edgar Lee ). 18681950. Biography available Masters, Olga (Masters, Olga ). 1919-1986. Biography available http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?no=150&golist=true&init=M
Browse By Author: M - Project Gutenberg Masters, Edgar Lee (18681950). Children of the Market Place (English); Spoon RiverAnthology (English); Toward the Gulf (English) http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/m
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Toward The Gulf By Edgar Lee Masters - Project Gutenberg Creator, Masters, Edgar Lee (18681950). Title, Toward the Gulf. Language, English.EText-No. 7845. Release Date, 2005-04-01. Copyrighted, No http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7845
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Masters, Edgar Lee Edgar Lee Masters (18681950) Illinois. Edgar Lee Masters Modern American Poetry.Edgar Lee Masters Perspectives in American Literature. Edgar Lee Masters http://www.wvu.edu/~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/masters.html
Extractions: [and nearby historical points of interest] Burial Site Chicago Renaissance Spoon River Valley Scenic Drive Teaching Masters' Poetry ... Syllabus Guide Poems Selected Poems from Spoon River Anthology Selected Poetry Clarence Darrow Poems ... Glorious France Poetry Edgar Lee Masters, A Book of Verses on-line text The Blood of the Prophets (Chicago: Rooks Press, 1905) (Rooks Press, 1976) (Rooks Press, 1979) (pseud. Dexter Wallace) on-line text (Chicago: Rooks Press, 1910) (pseud. Webster Ford)
Edgar Lee Masters Papers 1910-1942. Subjects. Flaccus, Kimball, 19111972.; American poetry20th century.; Autographs.;Poems.; Poets, American. Creator. Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/archives/collections/html/4079085.htm
Extractions: Edgar Lee Masters Papers 1910-1942. Link to Complete Finding Aid Title: Edgar Lee Masters Papers 1910-1942. Phys. Desc: 39 items (1 box) Call Number: Location: Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Subjects: Flaccus, Kimball, 1911-1972.; American poetry20th century.; Autographs.; Poems.; Poets, American. Creator: Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950. Scope and Contents Manuscripts and correspondence of Masters. Two manuscripts, "An Etching" and "Starved Rock in Winter," are in the author's holograph, while the remaining 29 are in typescript, most of which are signed by the author or inscribed to his friend Kimball Flaccus. With the exception of the manuscript of "An Etching," dated 24 October 1910, all of the manuscripts date from the 1940 to 1942 period of the writer's career. Eight of the manuscripts were published in the poet's last two volumes of poetry, ILLINOIS POEMS (Prarie City, 1941) and ALONG THE ILLINOIS (Prairie City, 1942), and the remaining poems are apparently unpublished or uncollected. The collection also contains four letters and several pieces of printed ephemera.
Edgar Lee Masters Papers 1910-1942. Masters, Edgar Lee, 18681950. Title. Edgar Lee Masters Papers 1910-1942. Phys.Desc. 39 items (1 box). Call Number. Ms Coll\Masters. Location http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/inside/projects/findingaids/rbml_collection
Extractions: Archival Collections Link to Online Finding Aid Creator: Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950. Title: Edgar Lee Masters Papers 1910-1942. Phys. Desc: 39 items (1 box) Call Number: Location: Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Subjects: Flaccus, Kimball, 1911-1972.; American poetry20th century.; Autographs.; Poems.; Poets, American. Scope and Contents Manuscripts and correspondence of Masters. Two manuscripts, "An Etching" and "Starved Rock in Winter," are in the author's holograph, while the remaining 29 are in typescript, most of which are signed by the author or inscribed to his friend Kimball Flaccus. With the exception of the manuscript of "An Etching," dated 24 October 1910, all of the manuscripts date from the 1940 to 1942 period of the writer's career. Eight of the manuscripts were published in the poet's last two volumes of poetry, ILLINOIS POEMS (Prarie City, 1941) and ALONG THE ILLINOIS (Prairie City, 1942), and the remaining poems are apparently unpublished or uncollected. The collection also contains four letters and several pieces of printed ephemera.
Inventory Of The Dorothy Dow-Edgar Lee Masters Papers, 1920-1950 Selected Search Terms. Names. Masters, Edgar Lee, 18681950 Dow, Dorothy Caswell,Edward C. Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 Norton, John Warner, 1876-1934. Subjects. http://www.newberry.org/nl/collections/DowMasters.html
Extractions: URL: http://www.newberry.org Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Lisa Janssen, 2003. Creator Dow, Dorothy Title Dorothy Dow-Edgar Lee Masters Papers Dates Extent .5 cubic ft. (ca. 110 items (1 box)) Abstract Mainly letters from poet Edgar Lee Masters to Dorothy Dow (later Dorothy Dow Fitzgerald) 1920-1947; also Dow's reminiscence of Masters, typescripts of Masters' poems and other material. Language Materials are in English.
Edgar Lee Masters -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article Edgar Lee Masters. Categories US poets, 1950 deaths, 1869 births Edgar LeeMasters (18681950) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/E/Ed/Edgar_Lee_Masters.htm
Extractions: Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)) poet (Someone who writes an account of a person's life) biographer and (Someone who writes plays) dramatist . He is the author of (Click link for more info and facts about Spoon River Anthology) Spoon River Anthology Songs and Satires The Great Valley The Serpent in the Wilderness An Obscure Tale The Spleen Mark Twain : A Portrait Lincoln, The Man Illinois Poems PrintLink("http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/etext98/sprvr11.txt", "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Spoon River Anthology") William Collins (poet) Milman Parry Bill Bauer Pietro Spiggia ... Pat A Cake, Pat A Cake Ba...
The Star, By Edgar Lee Masters Complete text of the poem by Edgar Lee Masters. THE STAR. by Edgar LeeMasters (18681950). AM a certain god; Who slipped down from a remote height http://www.poetry-archive.com/m/the_star.html
Extractions: THE STAR by: Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) AM a certain god Who slipped down from a remote height To a place of pools and stars. And I sat invisible Amid a clump of trees To watch the mad men. There were cries and groans about me, And shouts of laughter and curses. Figures passed by with self-absorbed contempt Wrinkling in bitter smiles about their lips. Others hurried on with set eyes Pursuing something. Then I said this is the place for mad Frederick Mad Frederick will be here. But everywhere I could see Figures sitting or standing By little pools. Some seemed grown into the soil And were helpless. And of these some were asleep. Others laughed the laughter That comes from dying men Trying to face Death. And others said "I should be content." And others said "I will fly." Whereupon sepulchral voices muttered, As of creatures sitting or hanging head down From limbs of the trees, "We will not let you." And others looked in their pools And clasped hands and said "Goneall gone." By other pools there were dead bodies
Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Lee Masters. Life (18681950). Titles. Children of the Market Place Spoon River Anthology Toward the Gulf. More Information. Images of Edgar Lee http://manybooks.net/authors/masterse.html
Extractions: FRtR Outlines American Literature The Rise of Realism: 1860-1914: Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) Index By the turn of the century, Chicago had become a great city, home of innovative architecture and cosmopolitan art collections. Chicago was also the home of Harriet Monroe's Poetry , the most important literary magazine of the day. Among the intriguing contemporary poets the journal printed was Edgar Lee Masters, author of the daring Spoon River Anthology (1915), with its new "unpoetic" colloquial style, frank presentation of sex, critical view of village life, and intensely imagined inner lives of ordinary people. Spoon River Anthology is a collection of portraits presented as colloquial epitaphs (words found inscribed on gravestones) summing up the lives of individual villagers as if in their own words. It presents a panorama of a country village through its cemetery: 250 people buried there speak, revealing their deepest secrets. Many of the people are related; members of about 20 families speak of their failures and dreams in free-verse monologues that are surprisingly modern. Index
Edgar Lee Masters, 1869-1950. American Author discussing a mutual friend and agreeing to autograph some books when they arrive.Envelope laid in, 1p. Masters, Edgar Lee, 18681950. American author. http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/masters/masters.html
Extractions: Other Search Options Help! ERes ILLiad ... WU Home Finding-Aid for the Edgar Lee Masters Papers [00270] Letter 1 item Access: Open. Best known for his collection of monologues, Spoon River Anthology (1915), Masters created controversy in certain social circles of Lewistown (his community for much of his early life) for his unabashed portrayal of small-town hypocrisy and narrow-mindedness. Before this collection, which is structured on monologues that belie the often pious epitaphs on the tombstones of the good citizens, Masters published various volumes of poetry, beginning with A Book of Verses Spoon River The New Spoon River , which did not fare as well as its predecessor. In addition to numerous other volumes of poetry, Masters also published a critical study on Abraham Lincoln. Across Spoon River 1938: Nov. 9. 1 item (1 p.): ALS, with envelope, to Mrs. Tim Lowry, discussing a mutual friend and agreeing to autograph some books when they arrive. Envelope laid in, 1p. Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950. American author.
Finding-Aid For The Masters Collection (WTU00270) Creator, Masters , Edgar Lee , 18681950 , American author. Title, Collection.Identification, WTU00270 Accession 1230. http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/manuscripts/mlc/findingaidshtml/wtu00270.htm
Extractions: Funding and support for digitization of finding-aids provided by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Descriptive Summary Restrictions Administrative Information Collection Outline 1938: Nov. 9. Return to the Table of Contents Creator: Masters , Edgar Lee , 1868-1950 , American author. Title: Collection Identification: WTU00270 [Accession: 1230.] Return to the Table of Contents Collection is open to research. Return to the Table of Contents Laid in Skeeters Kirby [novel] Adler Collection Processing: November, 1970 H.H. Return to the Table of Contents Box/folder
The San Antonio College LitWeb Edgar Lee Masters Page 18681950 ). Major Works Masters, the author of essays, biographies, poems, The Enduring River Edgar Lee Masters Uncollected Spoon River Poems. http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/masters.htm
Extractions: Masters, the author of essays, biographies, poems, plays and fiction, was versatile and prolific, but none of his fifty-odd works enjoyed the popularity and acclaim of his Spoon River Anthology , which is even available in at least one mass circulation paperback. Some of his works are being handsomely reprinted by The University of Illinois Press, and these will be noted below.
