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Spoon River Anthology: Edgar Lee Masters by Edgar Lee Masters

kristenlynn94's review against another edition

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3.0

Spoon River Anthology was read for ENG 181 Literary Analysis and Interpretation.

ivan_tabacci's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

nicola_dileva's review against another edition

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4.0

Ho trovato un po' insulse o moraliste molte delle poesie. Ma alcune sono interessanti e poche molto emozionanti, e valgono la lettura!

gretar's review against another edition

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5.0

Sepolti su quella collina ci siamo tutti noi.
In questi epitaffi ci si può rispecchiare, così come si possono ritrovare famigliari e vicini di casa.
I morti di Spoon River ripercorrono la loro vita, la loro tragica quotidianità, i loro amori, ci raccontano verità spesso taciute o messe a tacere.

Knowlt Hoheimer

«Io fui il primo frutto della battaglia di Missionary Ridge.
Quando sentii la pallottola entrarmi nel cuore
mi augurai di esser rimasto a casa e finito in prigione
per quel furto dei porci di Curl Trenary,
invece di fuggire e arruolarmi.
Mille volte meglio il penitenziario
che avere addosso questa statua di marmo alata,
e il piedistallo di granito
con le parole "Pro Patria".
Tanto, che vogliono dire?»

devito34's review against another edition

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4.0

Poetic and tragic.

janetval's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective

3.5

ginevrapiteraa's review against another edition

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reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.5

partypete's review against another edition

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5.0

surprising and experimental. I’m in the area where this book was written, so I’m reading this as a form of radical tourism

letitiaharmon's review against another edition

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5.0

A non-traditional take on poetry, these short, fictional memoirs are so poignant and perfect. Masters has sewn together a fictional community that becomes so real within the pages you almost feel you are reading true testimonies, all of which are amusing, probing, and rich.

sidechick96's review against another edition

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4.0

the poems were 10/10 but the italian translation felt incorrect at times, so I cannot give this particular edition 5 stars