{"product_id":"the-new-star-chamber-and-edgar-lee-masters-9780809370108","title":"The New Star Chamber and Other Essays: Annotated Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eTracing the troubled roots of American capitalism and imperialism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coedited by noted Masters scholar, Jason Stacy, and his class, \"Editing History,\" this annotated edition of Edgar Lee Masters's \u003ci\u003eThe New Star Chamber and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e reappears at a perilous time in US history, when large corporations and overseas conflicts once again threaten the integrity of American rights and liberties, and the United States still finds itself beholden to corporate power and the legacy of imperial hubris. In speaking to his times, Masters also speaks to ours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These thirteen essays lay bare the political ideology that informed \u003ci\u003eSpoon River Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. Masters argues that the dangerous imperialism championed by then-President Theodore Roosevelt was rooted in the Constitution itself. By debating the ethics of the Philippine-American War, criticizing Hamiltonian centralization of government, and extolling the virtues of Jeffersonian individualism, Masters elucidates the ways in which America had strayed from its constitutional morals and from democracy itself. The result is a compelling critique of corporate capitalism and burgeoning American imperialism, as well as an exemplary source for understanding its complicated author in the midst of his transformation from urban lawyer to poet of rural America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In print again for the first time since 1904, this edition includes an introduction and historical annotations throughout. Edited and annotated by students at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and designed and illustrated by students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, this volume traces economic and political pathologies to the origins of the American republic. \u003ci\u003eThe New Star Chamber and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e is as vital now as it was over 100 years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edgar Lee Masters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809370107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809370108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Saluki Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.55d","brand":"Edgar Lee Masters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138851369215,"sku":"9780809370108","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e37582b9-1ff9-42ee-9d89-9bb93a63e6d5.jpg?v=1687901761","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-star-chamber-and-edgar-lee-masters-9780809370108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}