Festus: A Poem

by Philip James Bailey

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."

Genres: Poetry

392 pages, Paperback

First published November 10, 2009

About the author

Philip James Bailey (22 April 1816 – 6 September 1902) was an English Spasmodic poet, best known as the author of Festus.