Festus : an epic poem / Philip James Bailey ; edited by Mischa Willett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Philip James, 1816-1902, author.

Contributor:

Willett, Mischa, editor.

Series:

Edinburgh critical editions of nineteenth-century texts.

Edinburgh critical editions of nineteenth-century texts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faust (Legendary character)--Poetry.

Faust.

English poetry--19th century.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvii, 368 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Philip 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.

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

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jul 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Bailey, Philip James Philip James Bailey, Festus

ISBN:

1-4744-5783-5

1-4744-5782-7

OCLC:

1293245560