TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bailey,Philip James
AU  - Willett,Mischa
TI  - Philip James Bailey, Festus: An Epic Poem 
T2  - Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century Texts
SN  - 9781474457811
U1  - 821.8 
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Further Reading --; A Note on the Text --; Works by Philip James Bailey --; Dedication (1838) --; Proem --; Scenes 1–36. Part 1 --; Scenes 1–36. Part 2 --; L’Envoi --; Appendix: Contemporary Reviews from the Press; restricted access
N2  - First scholarly edition of Philip James Bailey’s epic masterpiece in a readable, modern volumeOffers a general introduction to Bailey’s life and work with a thematic guide to the poem that made him famousIncludes a range of critical responses from British and American pressPhilip James Bailey’s Festus was an artistic sensation in the Victorian period, a best-seller across the Anglophone world and broadly influential on other writers. This edition marks the first time it has been published in over 100 years, featuring the poem’s first lineation and a contextualization of its scientific and theological imagery. Scholars and students will benefit from a general introduction to Bailey’s life and work with a thematic guide to the poem that made him famous and appendices containing illustrations from period lithography
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474457828
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474457828
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474457828/original
ER  -