Ravenna and Other Poems


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