Ravenna and Other Poems


Gelesen von Alan Mapstone


Oscar Wilde's poem Ravenna won the prestigious Newdigate Prize for Poetry at Oxford University. It was recited by the author in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford on June 26th 1878.

The poem describes Wilde's reaction to his first visit to Ravenna in Italy. Many of the other poems in this recording also reflect Wilde's great love of Italian life and culture. Some also show his admiration for the English Romantic Poets, Keats, Shelley and Byron.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone) (1 hr 21 min)

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Dedication: To My Wife 1:26 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Ravenna 28:04 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Ave Imperatrix 8:17 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
To Milton 1:27 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Louis Napoleon 1:38 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Sonnet on the Massacre of the Christians in Bulgaria 1:32 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Sonnet on Approaching Italy 1:29 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
San Miniato 1:23 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Italia 1:34 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Sonnet Written in Holy Week at Genoa 1:33 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Rome Unvisited 4:07 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Sonnet on Hearing the Dies Irae Sung in the Sistine Chapel 1:31 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Easter Day 1:31 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
E Tenebris 1:31 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Madonna Mia 1:27 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Endymion 3:01 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Magdalen Walks 2:12 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Theocritus, a Villanelle 1:28 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Grave of Keats 1:30 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Grave of Shelley 1:29 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
By the Arno 1:53 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Phèdre 1:29 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Sonnets written at the Lyceum Theatre (I.Portia; II.Queen Henrietta Maria; III.… 4:16 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
At Verona 1:29 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
On the Sale by Auction of Keats' Love Letters 1:29 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
The Harlot's House 2:51 Gelesen von Alan Mapstone