City of Discontent |
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| Author:
| Harris, Mark |
| Introduction by:
| Goldstein, Laurence |
| Series title: | Prairie State Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-06180-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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When City of Discontent was first published, it bore the subtitle ''An interpretive biography of Vachel Lindsay, being also the story of Springfield, Illinois, USA, and of the love of the poet for that city, that state, and that nation.'' But the book is, like Carl Sandburg's Lincoln, not so much a biography as a poetic interpretation of the life ......
When City of Discontent was first published, it bore the subtitle ''An interpretive biography of Vachel Lindsay, being also the story of Springfield, Illinois, USA, and of the love of the poet for that city, that state, and that nation.'' But the book is, like Carl Sandburg's Lincoln, not so much a biography as a poetic interpretation of the life ......