{"product_id":"spoon-river-anthology-9780743255073","title":"Spoon River Anthology","description":"\u003cb\u003eA CLASSIC IN AMERICAN POETRY.\u003c\/b\u003e.. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1915 it garnered immediate national attention for its truth and its shocking transgression of societal mores. A collection of poems from the graveyard of a rural Illinois town, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e poignantly captures the politics, love, betrayals, alliances, hopes, and failures of this small American town. Here is the respected doctor, jailed for swindling; here is the chaste wife, rapt with desire; here is the pastor, angry and resentful; here is the quiet man, filled with unrequited love and devotion. Beneath the midwestern values of honesty, community, family, hard work, and chastity, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the disillusionment and corruption in modern life. \u003cbr\u003e With the publication of \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e Masters exploded the powerful myth that small-town America was a social utopia. Here for the first time was a community that people recognized in its wholeness and complexity. Comprised of distinctly modern poems that collectively read as a novel, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a quiet midwestern town whose truths and contradictions are celebrated by its dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar Lee Masters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.39w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743255073","brand":"Touchstone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713443336329,"sku":"9780743255073","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4834699f-d957-4dde-8fd2-f38e6dc62908.jpg?v=1719611784","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/spoon-river-anthology-9780743255073","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}