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John Brown's Body

Stephen Vincent Bené

Year: 1928

Language: English

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John Brown's Body is an epic American poem. Its title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided Harpers Ferry in West Virginia in 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year. His action and name inspired the civil war song "John Brown's Body". John Brown's Body covers the history of the American Civil War and is considered the only great American epic poem

Author's Biography

Stephen Vincent Benét (1898 – 1943) was an American poet, short story writer, and novelist. Benét is best known for his book-length narrative poem of the American Civil War, John Brown's Body (1928), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1929

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