Hylton, J: Præsidicide and Battle of Antietam (Classic Repri

Anglický jazyk

Hylton, J: Præsidicide and Battle of Antietam (Classic Repri

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ISBN: 9781333009496

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Excerpt from The Præsidicide and Battle of Antietam

The scene of thls poem, whrch IS m the form of a Mono logue, and 1s supposed to glve the thoughts and feelmgs of Booth, before, at, and after the murder of the Pre31dent, ls lald ln the barn amldst the swamps of Maryland, to Wth Booth made h1s escape after the assassmatlon I have strlven to make avallable for poetlcal compos1t10n the most consplcuous events ln the hlstory of the consprracy, down to the mght when Booth and 1118 assocrates set out on then er rands of murder Except m a few 1ncon31derab1e matters, necessary for the creatlon of a poem of th1s length, I have adhered to the same survey of the consplracy as that taken by the government My 1dea of Booth's character 1s founded on the dcscnptlons glven of h1m, by those who seem to have been best acquamted W1th h1m, and who represent h1m as a man hlgh m h1s own concelt, proud, rash, boastful and prone to be quarrelsome, W1th httle heed for anythmg except the gratlficatlon of hls own whlms and des1res.

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