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埃德加·李·马斯特斯

Edgar Lee Masters
出生(1868-08-23)1868年8月23日
 美国堪薩斯州加尼特[1]
逝世1950年3月5日(1950歲—03—05)(81歲)
 美国賓夕法尼亞州梅爾羅斯帕克英语Melrose Park, Pennsylvania[1]
職業詩人、傳記作家、律師
受影響於亚伯拉罕·林肯马克·吐温韦切尔·林赛惠特曼

埃德加·李·马斯特斯(Edgar Lee Masters,1868年8月23日—1950年3月5日)是美国诗人、传记作家、剧作家。著有《匙河集》、《新星商会和其他散文》、《歌曲和讽刺》、《大峡谷》、《旷野之蛇,不起眼的故事》、《脾》、《马克·吐温画像》、《林肯传》、《伊利诺伊诗篇》等书。马斯特斯出版了12个剧本、21本诗集、6部小说和6本传记,包括韦切尔·林赛马克·吐温亚伯拉罕·林肯惠特曼的传记。

生平

马斯特斯1868年8月23日出生于堪萨斯州加内特,是艾玛·J·德克斯特和哈丁·华莱士·马斯特斯的孩子,他的父亲曾短暂依据别处以从事法律工作。他們一家很快就搬回他祖父母的农场,在伊利诺伊州梅纳德县圣彼得堡附近。在1880年,他们搬到了伊利诺斯州刘易斯敦,在那里他就读学校,并在芝加哥每日新闻出版了他的第一部作品。刘易斯敦的文化氛围是他很多作品的灵感来源。

马斯特斯1889–1890年进入了诺克斯学院,但由于家庭经济困难被迫离开。[1]

在他父亲的律师事务所工作一段时间后,他獲得伊利诺伊州的律師執業資格,搬到了芝加哥,他于1893年在那里与Kickham Scanlan律師事務所建立了法律合伙人关系。他结过两次婚。1898年,他与海伦·詹金斯在芝加哥一个律师的女儿结婚,并育有三个孩子。在他1903年至1908年与克拉伦斯·达罗的法律合伙人关系中,他捍卫穷人的利益。1911年,他开了自己的律师事务所,尽管有三年的动荡(1908-1911),因婚外情和与达罗的争吵。

1950年3月5日在宾夕法尼亚州梅尔罗斯帕克一家养老院去世,享年81岁。[2]

主要作品

诗歌

  • A Book of Verses (1898)
  • Songs and Sonnets (1910)
  • Spoon River Anthology (1915)
  • Songs and Satires (1916)
  • Fiddler Jones (1916)
  • The Great Valley (1916)
  • Jack Kelso: A Dramatic Poem (1920)
  • The Open Sea (1921)
  • The New Spoon River (1924)
  • Selected Poems (1925)
  • Lee: A Dramatic Poem (1926)
  • Lichee Nuts (1930)
  • Gettysburg, Manila, Acoma: A Dramatic Poem (1930)
  • Godbey: A Dramatic Poem, sequel to Jack Kelso (1931)
  • The Serpent in the Wilderness (1933)
  • Richmond: A Dramatic Poem (1934)
  • Invisible Landscapes (1935)
  • Poems of People (1936)
  • The Golden Fleece of California (1936)
  • The New World (1937)
  • More People (1939)
  • Illinois Poems (1941)
  • Along the Illinois (1942)
  • Silence (1946)
  • George Gray
  • Many Soldiers
  • The Unknown

传记

  • Lincoln: The Man (1931)
  • Vachel Lindsay: A Poet in America (1935)
  • Across Spoon River: An Autobiography (1936, memoir)
  • Whitman (1937)
  • Mark Twain: A Portrait (1938)

其他

  • The New Star Chamber and Other Essays (1904, essays)
  • The Blood of the Prophets (1905)
  • The Great Valley (1916)
  • Toward the Gulf (1918)
  • Starved Rock (1919)
  • Mitch Miller (1920, novel)
  • Domesday Book (1920)
  • The Open Sea (1921)
  • Children of the Market Place (1922)
  • Skeeters Kirby (1923, novel)
  • The Nuptial Flight (1923, novel)
  • Kit O'Brien (1927, novel)
  • Levy Mayer and the New Industrial Era (1927)
  • The Fate of the Jury: An Epilogue to Domesday Book (1929)
  • Gettysburg, Manila, Acoma (1930)
  • Godbey: A Dramatic Poem (1931)
  • The Tale of Chicago (1933, history)
  • The Golden Fleece of California (1936)
  • The Tide of Time (1937, novel)
  • The Sangamon (1942, nonfiction)
  • Greg Smith

参考资料

  1. ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Edgar Lee Masters
  2. ^ Ehrlich, Eugene and Gorton Carruth. The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982: 206. ISBN 0-19-503186-5

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