Edgar Lee Masters Influences
When Edgar Lee Masters was a very thoughtful and independent man when writing. Race, anger, reconstruction, and big change are just a few words to describe what Edgar’s writing was influenced by. Edgar Lee Masters ( 1868 - 1950 ) is most closely categorized in the New Industrial Era. This era began around 1870 and extended to roughly 1914. This time period was all about advancing in the technological field. Despite all of these possible distraction, Masters was able find a way to write thoroughly. Masters young life in Lewistown, Illinois and all of his intense schooling are where some of the greatest influences of his writing derived from.
Edgar Lee Masters was born in Garnett, Kansas but because of his father's work, they were forced to …show more content…
This is best described in a critique written by Matthew D. Norman called “Anti-Lincoln.” This document is based on one of Master’s writings called “Lincoln-The Man”. In the critique, the author mostly tries to argue that Edgar Lee Masters was a major iconoclast. An iconoclasts is known as a person who attacks someone’s cherished beliefs or intuitions. They believe that this trait of his had a bad influence. I disagree with the author’s argument towards Masters. There are three quotes that support this. The first is when “Masters asserts that his biography is a “rational analysis” of Lincoln’s mind and nature that offers argument and interpretation.” This quote says directly that Masters himself in the back of this book wrote what he truly thought the writing was covering. He was just writing his opinion, not trying to be aggressive. The second is,” One died in a shameful child-birth, One of a thwarted love.” There are many examples that shows Masters is always a little dark. The final quote is,”But still I chiseled whatever they paid me to chisel, and made myself party at the false chronicles of stones.” In this line in the poem, Edgar states how his character is. He talks of being a chiseler and not caring about anyone who he chiseled headstones for. Even though most of the headstones he made were for his
Edgar Lee Masters was born in Garnett, Kansas but because of his father's work, they were forced to …show more content…
This is best described in a critique written by Matthew D. Norman called “Anti-Lincoln.” This document is based on one of Master’s writings called “Lincoln-The Man”. In the critique, the author mostly tries to argue that Edgar Lee Masters was a major iconoclast. An iconoclasts is known as a person who attacks someone’s cherished beliefs or intuitions. They believe that this trait of his had a bad influence. I disagree with the author’s argument towards Masters. There are three quotes that support this. The first is when “Masters asserts that his biography is a “rational analysis” of Lincoln’s mind and nature that offers argument and interpretation.” This quote says directly that Masters himself in the back of this book wrote what he truly thought the writing was covering. He was just writing his opinion, not trying to be aggressive. The second is,” One died in a shameful child-birth, One of a thwarted love.” There are many examples that shows Masters is always a little dark. The final quote is,”But still I chiseled whatever they paid me to chisel, and made myself party at the false chronicles of stones.” In this line in the poem, Edgar states how his character is. He talks of being a chiseler and not caring about anyone who he chiseled headstones for. Even though most of the headstones he made were for his