(first published 1933)
William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939)
Language: English
Yeats’s poem ‘After Long Silence’ was written late in life. In it, he reflects on his relationship with the author Olivia Shakespear.
This project brings you recordings by seven different Legamus readers.
(Summary by Newgatenovelist)
(first published 1935)
William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939)
Language: English
William Butler Yeats first published this collection in 1935. In it, he developed themes and symbolism prevalent throughout his work, including his fascination with masks and Irish legends.
(Summary by Newgatenovelist)
(first published 1912)
Amanda McKittrick Ros (1860 – 1939)
Language: English
Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose has earned notoriety for its highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction and particular use of alliteration. Listen to this verse – if you dare. … (summary by Newgatenovelist)
(first published 1933)
Amanda McKittrick Ros (1860 – 1939)
Language: English
Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poems and prose are unique, and her determination to write saw her publish two novels and two volumes of verse in her lifetime. Whether you like it or loathe it, her style is inimitable. In her own words: ‘This inventive production was hatched within a mind fringed with Fumes of Formation, the Ingenious Innings of Inspiration and Thorny Tincture of Thought.’ … (Summary by Newgatenovelist)
by various authors
Language: various
This is a collection for poetry and short prose in English and German.
(first published 1929)
Robert Bridges (1844 – 1930)
Language: English
The Testament of Beauty is a long poem in four books, and was the last work of the English Poet Laureate, Robert Bridges. It was first published in 1929. Like The Prelude by William Wordsworth and The Divine Comedy, the poem is a voyage of self-discovery, in which the author seeks to resolve philosophical and spiritual issues raised in his earlier works, particularly in the sonnet sequence, The Growth of Love (1898). It is written in a style that Bridges described as “loose alexandrines”, which are constructed on the basis of syllables rather than accents, a metrical structure developed by the author himself. The work also features Bridges’ idiosyncratic approach to the spelling of English. (Summary by Algy Pug)