Politian
Author | : Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1923 |
ISBN-13 | : IND:32000011207745 |
ISBN-10 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Politian written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Politian (1835) is the only play known to have been written by Edgar Allan Poe, composed in 1835, but never completed. The play is a fictionalized version of a true event in Kentucky: the murder of Solomon P. Sharp by Jereboam O. Beauchamp in 1825. The so-called "Kentucky Tragedy" became a national headline and attracted several fictional representations. Poe, however, chose to set his version in 16th-century Rome ... Castiglione, the son of a duke, becomes engaged to his cousin Alessandra, inciting the jealousy of his father's ward, the orphan Lalage. Lalage meets Politian, the Earl of Leicester, and, after some flirtation, convinces him to take revenge on Castiglione. In the drama, Politian recites the poem "The Coliseum", which Poe had previously published in 1833"--Wikipedia, viewed March 1, 2023.