Edgar Lee Masters (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Herbert K. Russell
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1868-1950
- Setting: Illinois and New York City
- Principal Characters: Edgar Lee Masters, Helen Masters, Ellen Masters, Marcia, Madeline Masters, Hardin Masters, Hilary Masters, Clarence Darrow
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Literature, Poetry or poets
- Locales: New York, NY, Illinois
Although Edgar Lee Masters was both a very prolific writer and a successful Chicago lawyer, many important details of his long life have remained unknown until the publication of Herbert K. Russell’s excellent biography. Edgar Lee Masters was an egotistical and vain person who had numerous affairs during both of his failed marriages and never tried to meet the emotional needs of his two wives and his four children. In addition, he treated with contempt publishers and critics who pointed out the very real weaknesses in all of his books with the notable exception of his sole...
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