Politian (play)
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politian-play-289-14112930
title:
Politian (play)
text:
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. Poe wrote the play during his time with the Southern Literary Messenger and durin
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Play written by Edgar Allan Poe
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politian_(play)
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2023-12-07T00:50:44Z
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