Poems of Edgar Lee Masters [manuscript].

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Poems of Edgar Lee Masters [manuscript].

The poems begin "Heart-broken that I was not with you ...," "He entered the room of my life ...," "to run a fruit store in Spoon River ...," "What does it mean that Eve ate first ...," and "How often in our chamber O adored one ...." With the poems is a sketch and note, 1919 Apr. 1 [1 item ms.]--The collection contains an essay "The genesis of Spoon River" in typescript and proofs, and a book review, 1950 Feb. 12, by Ellen Coyne Masters, Those people of Spoon River, identifying some of the people on whom the poems were bsaed [5 items typescript & print].

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Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950

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Edgar Lee Masters was an American poet, novelist, biographer, and essayist. From the description of Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164224 From the guide to the Edgar Lee Masters collection of papers, 1919-1949, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Masters was an Illinois poet best known for the Spoon River Anthology. F...

Masters, Ellen Coyne.

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