Spoon River Anthology · Chapter
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Edgar Lee Masters thanks William Marion Reedy, editor of Reedy's Mirror, for permission to reprint the Spoon River Anthology in book form and expresses gratitude for his sympathetic interest in the work since its initial serial publication
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Edgar Lee Masters thanks William Marion Reedy, editor of Reedy's Mirror, for permission to reprint the Spoon River Anthology in book form and expresses gratitude for his sympathetic interest in the work since its initial serial publication beginning May 29, 1914.
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- Closing
Adam Weirauch’s emotional and psychological peak occurs when he abandons his principles, declaring “to hell wi…
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“For permission to reprint the Spoon River Anthology in book form, I wish to thank William Marion Reedy, the editor of Reedy's Mirror , where it appeared from week to week, beginning with May 29, 1914; and to express my gratitude to him for the sympathetic interest which he showed in the work from the beginning.”
Edgar Lee Masters acknowledges William Marion Reedy, editor of Reedy's Mirror, for allowing the book publication of Spoon River Anthology, which originally ran weekly in the magazine starting May 29, 1914, and thanks him for his early and ongoing support.
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