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

• 1976 ----- color ----- 21 min ----- 16mm
• Who were the people who lived and died in the supposedly idyllic days of rural America? Masters' Spoon River Anthology probed beneath the surface to reveal their very human strengths and weaknesses. This lyrical realism is captured here with authentic settings and period photography. Reveals the broader context of public reaction to the poem when it was published. As selections of Masters poetry are read, we sense the complexity of American life as it entered the Twentieth Century. (Donated by Educational School District 121) (Restricted to use by institutions of learning within the State of Washington only)
• Topics: (Community Life, History: American, Literature: American, United States)

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