Spoon River Anthology: Based on the Poetry of Edgar Lee Masters

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Thomas G. Smith

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Presents the poems of Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology against a backdrop of old photographs, gravestones, and scenery to characterize the persons described in the poetic epitaphs. Provides readings done in the appropriate accents and vernacular. Gives some biographical information about Masters., Several short poems by Masters are read with authentic settings and period photography. Shows how Masters probed beneath the surface to capture the very human strength and weaknesses of rural America in late 1800's.

Complete Record: Presents the poems of Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology against a backdrop of old photographs, gravestones, and scenery to characterize the persons described in the poetic epitaphs. Provides readings done in the appropriate accents and vernacular. Gives some biographical information about Masters., Several short poems by Masters are read with authentic settings and period photography. Shows how Masters probed beneath the surface to capture the very human strength and weaknesses of rural America in late 1800's.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.