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This is the epic poem that launched the career of poet Philip James Bailey. A sprawling work that draws on Biblical themes and mythology, Festus tells the story of the eponymous character's search for truth and redemption. With beautiful language and powerful imagery, Bailey creates a work that is both moving and thought-provoking, and has earned a place as one of the great works of English poetry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
First scholarly edition of Philip James Bailey's epic masterpiece in a readable, modern volume.
Philip James Bailey (1816-1902) is best known for Festus, a work that took him three years to write and which was published when Bailey was 23. It was admired by Tennyson and described as "a vast pageant of theology and philosophy, comprising in some twelve divisions an attempt to represent the relation of God to man and of man to God."