Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Dramatic Poem in Eight Books
The writer's purpose has been to present, in the form of a Dramatic Poem, the story of the Divine Man, Jesus of Nazareth, as viewed from the standpoint of the twelve disciples during the actual occurrence of the events chronicled in the Gospels.
Although the traditional outlines of that fourfold narrative have been mainly followed, it has in no way been intended merely to transcribe the same into poetic form in these pages. Opportunity has been taken for the exercise of a reasonable and legitimate imagination in dealing with, what may be termed, the unrecorded background of that wondrous story, the detailed presentment of which, though not essential to the sufficient purposes of a Divine Revelation, yet doubtless contained elements of profound human interest and significance in the unfolding of the greatest Drama in the worlds history.
The method of treatment adopted here has been that of imagining the twelve disciples assembled in conclave at certain stages or crises in their Masters career, to discuss the varying fortunes of their common cause, and the personal relations of the Master Himself thereto.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
