{"product_id":"spoon-river-america-jason-stacy-9780252085826","title":"Spoon River America: Edgar Lee Masters and the Myth of the American Small Town Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eMain Street \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e, how poetry changed our idea of small town life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A literary and cultural milestone, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e captured an idea of the rural Midwest that became a bedrock myth of life in small-town America. Jason Stacy places the book within the atmosphere of its time and follows its progress as the poetry took root and thrived. Published by Edgar Lee Masters in 1915, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e won praise from modernists while becoming an ongoing touchstone for American popular culture. Stacy charts the ways readers embraced, debated, and reshaped Masters's work in literary controversies and culture war skirmishes; in films and other media that over time saw the small town as idyllic then conflicted then surreal; and as the source of three archetypes--populist, elite, and exile--that endure across the landscape of American culture in the twenty-first century. \u003cp\u003eA wide-ranging reconsideration of a literary landmark\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpoon River America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how a Midwesterner's poetry helped change a nation's conception of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Stacy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252085825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252085826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2022","brand":"Jason Stacy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043189321983,"sku":"9780252085826","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_87a94f3c-cb62-46d5-a260-4ea9a9d6604d.jpg?v=1684965744","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spoon-river-america-jason-stacy-9780252085826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}