Edgar Lee Masters





Edgar Lee Masters

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born
August 23, 1868 in Garnett, KS, The United States

died
March 05, 1950

gender
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Edgar Lee Masters (Garnett, Kansas, August 23, 1868 - Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1950) was an American 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.


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Across Spoon River
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Il nuovo Spoon River: Testo...
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Poems;
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Spoon River Anthology
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Spoon River Song Album
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Mitch Miller
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Along The Illinois
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Songs and Satires
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More books by Edgar Lee Masters…
“To put meaning in one's life may end in madness,
But life without meaning is the torture
Of restlessness and vague desire--
It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.”
Edgar Lee Masters, Across Spoon River

“In time you shall see Fate approach you
In the shape of your own image in the mirror.”
Edgar Lee Masters, Across Spoon River

“What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,
Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?
Degenerate sons and daughters,
Life is too strong for you—
It takes life to love Life.”
Edgar Lee Masters

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