The Star-Treader and Other Poems


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(3.7 stars; 5 reviews)

Clark Ashton Smith, referred to as one of the big three of Weird Tales, was a romantic-style poet, a Lovecraftian-style writer and a literary friend of H.P Lovecraft. As a poet, he was considered one of the last great West Coast Romantics. The Star-Treader and Other Poems, published at the age of 19, was his first volume of poetry and his breakout hit. Summary by Mary Kay.

Cast List for The Masque of the Forsaken Gods:

Narrator and Aphrodite: Mary Kay
The Poet: Lucretia B.
The Philosopher, Apollo and Another Nymph: Rosslyn Carlyle
Jove and Pan: Jamie
Artemis: Jennifer Dallman
A Nymph: Greg Giordano
Ate and The Gods Together: Shakira Searle
Edited by: Mary Kay (2 hr 9 min)

Capítulos

Nero 6:09 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
Chant to Sirius 1:46 Leído por Ken Masters
The Star-Treader 7:27 Leído por MaryAnn
The Night Forest 2:29 Leído por Ken Masters
The Mad Wind / The Morning Pool / The Soul of the Sea 2:57 Leído por Ken Masters
Song to Oblivion 1:22 Leído por Ken Masters
Medusa 3:29 Leído por Ken Masters
Ode to the Abyss 4:06 Leído por James Koss
The Butterfly 4:48 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Price / The Maze of Sleep / The Mystic Meaning 1:45 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
Ode to Music 4:07 Leído por Jairus Amar
The Last Night 1:10 Leído por Jairus Amar
Ode to Imagination 3:40 Leído por Jairus Amar
The Wind and the Moon 1:40 Leído por Jennifer Dallman
Lament of the Stars 6:46 Leído por Shakira Searle
The Winds 2:03 Leído por Shakira Searle
A Sunset / The Snow-Blossoms / The Summer Moon 1:50 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Cloud-Islands 1:41 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Return of Hyperion 1:42 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
Lethe 1:13 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
Atlantis 1:12 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Unrevealed 1:10 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Eldritch Dark 1:39 Leído por Shakira Searle
The Cherry-Snows / Fairy Lanterns 1:10 Leído por Jennifer Dallman
Nirvana 1:14 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Nemesis of Suns 1:19 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
White Death 1:09 Leído por drsxj
Retrospect and Forecast 1:15 Leído por drsxj
Shadow of Nightmare 1:12 Leído por drsxj
The Song of a Comet 3:16 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Retribution 1:15 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
To the Darkness 2:44 Leído por Jordan Heron
A Dream of Beauty 1:12 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Dream-Bridge / The Fugitives 1:20 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
A Live Oak-Leaf / Pine Needles 1:11 Leído por Jennifer Dallman
To the Sun 2:38 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
Averted Malefice 1:14 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Medusa of the Skies 1:17 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
A Dead City 1:11 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Song of the Stars 4:46 Leído por Shakira Searle
Copan 1:12 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
A Song of Dreams 2:45 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
The Balance 1:12 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
Saturn 17:17 Leído por Rosslyn Carlyle
Finis 2:37 Leído por Shakira Searle
The Masque of the Forsaken Gods 9:16 Leído por LibriVox Volunteers

Reseñas


(0.5 stars)

dreadful readers. no poetry. terrible accents.


(5 stars)

Most CAS fans read his poetry as a supplement of his great short stories written mostly a decade after his poetry flourished--and many prefer Ebony and Crystal to this poetry collection. His poetry and even his prose is deeply incluenced by the romantics, the decadents, and the fin de siecle aesthetes much more than the midernists. As a result, critics often pan his work, his word choice, and his themes in his poetry and prose. (The writer of the intro to a Bison collection of his tales told readers why CAS was a bad writer--way to prepare a reader) But readers who appreciate the skilled use of tradutional meter and believe poetry should embrace the fantastic and macabre fir their own sake have tended to ignore the critics. CAS later made a living as a sculptor specializing in the fantastic and macabre