Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini, byGeorge Henry BokerThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da RiminiAuthor: George Henry BokerRelease Date: July 23, 2004 [EBook #13005]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FRANCESCA DA RIMINI ***Produced by David Starner, Leah Moser and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.FRANCESCA DA RIMINIA TRAGEDYFrancesca, i tuoi martiri a lagrimar mi fanno triato e pio.—DANTE.Inferno, v. 75 seq.[Illustration: GEORGE HENRY BOKER]GEORGE HENRY BOKER(1823-1890)The name of George Henry Boker suggests a coterie of friendships—a group of men pledged to the pursuit of letters,and worshippers at the shrine of poetry. These men, in the pages of whose published letters and impressions areembedded many pleasing aspects of Boker's temperament and character, were Bayard Taylor, Richard HenryStoddard, and Charles Godfrey Leland, the latter known familiarly in American literature as "Hans Breitmann." Thesefour, in different periods of their lives, might have been called "the inseparables"—so closely did they watch each other'sdevelopment, so intently did they await ...