Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.
BY MAURICE HEWLETT
THE AGONISTS
A TRILOGY OF GOD AND MAN
MINOS KING OF CRETE, ARIADNE IN NAXOS,
THE DEATH OF HIPPOLYTUS
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SPECTATOR.—"The three plays have throughout a high level of dramatic interest, and they have moments of great tragic beauty.... It is not a book of sporadic beauties, for its most remarkable quality is its unity of interest and effect. The chorus has many passages of lyrical charm ... but it is the great story which moves us most deeply, the stress of dramatic and logical sequence, so that we have no time to notice the art of it all. This is a high tribute to Mr. Hewlett's technical skill. At its best the irregular verse has a sharp freshness which the more orthodox metres could scarcely give."
DAILY TELEGRAPH.—"The poetry is full of music, yet refreshingly free from monotony, and in passages when swift broken phrases are of the essence of the atmosphere the effect is splendidly dramatic and austere. Mr. Hewlett is to be congratulated upon a high success in a field of the worthiest enterprise."
OBSERVER.—"There is no single passage that can fail to charm when read aloud, woven with magic of rhythm, and music of phrase. It is a great heroic subject, nobly conceived, and finely and thoughtfully executed."
BLACK AND WHITE.—"The Agonists is more than fine verse; it is literature impregnated with the purest fragrance of the classic spirit."
DAILY EXPRESS.—"There is real drama in The Agonists, and there is much splendid beauty."
PALL MALL GAZETTE.—"Of the beauty of a great deal of the poetry it is difficult to speak too highly."