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Philip James Bailey, Festus : An Epic Poem / Philip James Bailey; ed. by Mischa Willett.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Edinburgh Critical Editions of Nineteenth-Century TextsPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (408 p.) : 13 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781474457811
  • 9781474457828
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821.8
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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