Bøger af Edgar Lee Masters

Auf dem Friedhof von Spoon River, einer Kleinstadt im amerikanischen Mittelwesten, liegen 244 Menschen begraben. Aus ihren Gräbern sprechen sie zu uns, in Gedichten, die von ihrem Leben erzählen, von entscheidenden Momenten und Erfahrungen, von der Summe ihres Lebens über alles Glück und Unglück und über ihren Tod hinaus. Versöhnlich und im Zorn, voll Sehnsucht und Bedauern, ohne Umstände und Rücksichten, im Reinen oder Unreinen mit sich und der Welt. Aus diesem Konzert der vielen Stimmen ergeben sich berührende Geschichten kleiner und großer Schicksale, eine Art Lokalchronik aus allerletzten Bekenntnissen, ein staunenswert lebendiges Bild menschlichen Lebens und Strebens.Edgar Lee Masters hat sich mit diesem Buch verewigt. Längst gehört Die Toten von Spoon River, in viele Sprachen übersetzt und seit seinem Erscheinen lieferbar, zum Kanon der Weltliteratur. Er hat den Toten eine Sprache gegeben, nackt und direkt, in der sie uns jenseits aller Zeit- und Lebensumstände für immer etwas über unser Leben zu erzählen wissen.

Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman. The culture around Lewistown, in addition to the town's cemetery at Oak Hill, and the nearby Spoon River were the inspirations for many of his works, most notably Spoon River Anthology, his most famous and acclaimed work. It gained a huge popularity, but shattered his position as a respectable member of establishment.

Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness, An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman. The culture around Lewistown, in addition to the town's cemetery at Oak Hill, and the nearby Spoon River were the inspirations for many of his works, most notably Spoon River Anthology, his most famous and acclaimed work. It gained a huge popularity, but shattered his position as a respectable member of establishment.

The Spoon River Anthology is a classic collection of poems by Edgar Lee Masters, with verses dedicated and named for members of a fictional small American town.Edgar Masters intention when he composed these verses was to demystify the culture of small town America. Over the decades prior to this anthology's publication in 1915, rural and urban cultures in the USA had diverged considerably: to many city-dwellers, how life in the country actually proceeded was simply unknown. Originally serialized in a magazine named Reedy's Mirror, each of the poems give the reader insight into the lives, events, and culture of a typical small country town. Each is titled after a specific character, and contains their thoughts and concerns at a given time. This acts to build a narrative around the small town, which is proven to be colorful and emotionally distinct place, with several characters coping with grief and loss.

The Spoon River Anthology is a classic collection of poems by Edgar Lee Masters, with verses dedicated and named for members of a fictional small American town.Edgar Masters intention when he composed these verses was to demystify the culture of small town America. Over the decades prior to this anthology's publication in 1915, rural and urban cultures in the USA had diverged considerably: to many city-dwellers, how life in the country actually proceeded was simply unknown. Originally serialized in a magazine named Reedy's Mirror, each of the poems give the reader insight into the lives, events, and culture of a typical small country town. Each is titled after a specific character, and contains their thoughts and concerns at a given time. This acts to build a narrative around the small town, which is proven to be colorful and emotionally distinct place, with several characters coping with grief and loss.

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"The single most widely read book of American poetry."-James Hurt, Illinois Authors