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Brother to Dragons: A Tale in Verse and Voices (Voices of the South)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous blend of history and artistry, February 1, 2001

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This review is from: Brother to Dragons: A Tale in Verse and Voices (Voices of the South) (Paperback)

In Brother to Dragons, Robert Penn Warren, former poet laureate and twice winner of the Pulitzer, combined the historical elements of the New Madrid earthquake and the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews with his love of poetry. This book has various "voices" relating the brutal events in verse, but history is only a vehicle for exploring the nature of evil and Jefferson's dream of the perfectability of mankind.

This is a marvelous rather experimental volume; it is both novel, play, and poem. It is grim; it is disturbing; it is absolutely wonderful. I highly recommend this work.

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