In 1892, Masters moved to Chicago, Illinois, to start a law practice of his own. During this time, Masters started submitting his first poems and sonnets to magazines and newspapers.įollowing his admittance to the Illinois bar in 1891, Masters went into a partnership with his father. Masters studied law while working in his fathers law office. In Lewiston, Masters attended a year at Knox College. Shortly after Masters turned eleven he and his family moved to Lewiston, Illinois, on the Spoon River. During his first eleven years Masters lived and attended school in Petersburg, Illinois. Masters's mother was also a schoolteacher. Masters's father was a grocer, schoolteacher, and distinguished lawyer (Kauffman). Masters was born in 1868 in Garnet, Kansas, the son of Hardin Wallace Masters and Emma Jerusha Masters. The popularity of Spoon River Anthology outshines his other works. This work, Spoon River Anthology, spread throughout the United States as one of the most controversial and loved collections of the time. Edgar Lee Masters was one of the first poets in the world to use free verse in a successful work.
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