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''The Golden Book of Springfield'' is a mystic, utopian book by American poet Vachel Lindsay. It is the only extended, narrative work of prose fiction written by Lindsay. Written from 1904-1918 and published in 1920, it has historically been classified as a work of utopian fiction. ''The Golden Book of Springfield'' is a story about Lindsay's hometown of Springfield, Illinois in 1918 and in 2018, when residents of the city work to transform the city into a utopian paradise-city. In Lindsay's narrative, social and religious awakenings initiated by the citizens and spiritual influences lead to the transformation of Springfield - and more broadly, America - into a "practical City of God."〔 Writes Lindsay, "This reasonable, non-miraculous millennium is much in the mind of my neighbor, and he tells me again and again of a vision that he has of Springfield a hundred years hence."〔 In a May 1918 letter to his then-married former sweetheart, Sara Teasdale, Lindsay expressed the importance of what he had inscribed into ''The Golden Book'': :The Golden Book will probably be ready by Christmas. That is, written. That means it will not appear before next spring. I hate to be so slow, but my prose will not be hustled. I am making it the one thought of my life, and hope when it is done, it will be the one book of my life.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Annotated Letters of Nicholas Vachel Lindsay to Sara Trevor Teasdale )〕 Though relatively few physical copies of ''The Golden Book'' exist, some are available for purchase online, and the entire text can be viewed for free at various sources.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Golden Book of Springfield. By Vachel Lindsay. Introduction by Ron Sakolsky. )〕 The 1999 republication by the Charles Kerr Publishing Company includes illustrations by Lindsay as well as a lengthy introduction by Ron Sakolsky. == Plot == ''The Golden Book of Springfield'' is framed as a series of visions of the future, experienced both by members of "'The Prognosticators' Club"', and later by Lindsay, who shifts to writing in the first person. It reads much like a dream journal throughout; Lindsay was well known to experience intense religious visions throughout his life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Golden Book of Springfield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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