Audiobooks by Edmund Spenser

Stories From The Faerie Queene Audiobook

'Stories From The Faerie Queene' is a retelling or abridged version of Edmund Spenser's epic poem 'The Faerie Queene,' which is a richly imaginative allegorical work dedicated to celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. The poem, originally published in the late 16th century, weaves tales of knights, dragons, maidens, and quests to represent virtues and human struggles. The stories within are adaptations of Spenser's intricate stanzas into prose or shorter narratives that make the text more accessible while maintaining its magical and moral complexity.

Edmund Spenser (Author), Jason Smith (Narrator)

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The Poetry Hour - Volume 18

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings.Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today. Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Edmund Spenser and Dante Gabriel Rossetti as well as themes on The Female Poet, The Wind & Rain, Evenings and more.All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t. Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes. Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores. This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that. Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey.The Poetry Hour – Volume 18Edmund Spenser – An IntroductionSonnet – One Day I Wrote Her Name Upon the Strand by Edmund SpenserShepherd’s Calendar. IV – April by Edmund SpenserThe Poetry of EveningsThe Evening Darkens Over by Robert Seymour BridgesSweet Evenings Come and Go Love by George EliotA Twilight in Middle March by Francis LedwidgeA Summer Evening Courtyard, Lechlade, Gloucestershireby by Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe Red Sunsets by Mathilde BlindMadonna of the Evening Flowers by Amy LowellSunset by HP LovecraftHow the Old Mountains Drip with Sunset by Emily DickinsonThe Female Poet. An Introduction – Volume 5Winter, My Secret by Christina Georgina Rossetti Sonnet LXXI by Charlotte Smith Indian Summer by Sara Teasdale The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Katharine Tynan On Virtue by Phillis Wheatley A World Worth Living In by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Sonnet XIV by Mary Wroth Dante Gabriel Rossetti - An IntroductionOn Refusal of Aid Between Nations by Dante Gabriel RossettiSacrament Hymn by Dante Gabriel RossettiThe Kiss by Dante Gabriel RossettiTroy Town by Dante Gabriel RossettiWillow Wood - Sonnet II by Dante Gabriel RossettiWillow Wood – Sonnet IV by Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Poetry of Wind and Rain - An IntroductionSudden Shower by John Clare There Came A Wind Like a Bugle by Emily DickinsonThe Rainy Day by Rabindranath TagoreThe Storm by George HerbertRainy Night by Alfred LichtensteinVictorian Poetry – An IntroductionThe Eagle by Alfred Lord TennysonA Match by Algernon Swinburne Maternity by Alice Meynell Who Has Seen the Wind by Christina Rossetti The Toys by Coventry PatmoreThe Message of the March Wind by William Morris Vita Lampada by Henry Newbolt

Alfred Lord Tennyson, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edmund Spenser (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Poetry of Edmund Spenser

One of the greatest of English poets, Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield, London, in 1552 and went to school at Merchant Taylors' School and later at Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 1579, he published The Shepheardes Calender, his first major work. Edmund journeyed to Ireland in July 1580, in the service of the newly appointed Lord Deputy, Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton. His time included the terrible massacre at the Siege of Smerwick. The epic poem, The Faerie Queene, is acknowledged as Edmund's masterpiece. The first three books were published in 1590, and a second set of three books were published in 1596. Indeed the reality is that Spenser, through his great talents, was able to move Poetry in a different direction. It led to him being called a Poet's Poet and brought rich admiration from Milton, Raleigh, Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, Byron, and Tennyson, among others. Spenser returned to Ireland and in 1591, Complaints, a collection of poems that voices complaints in mournful or mocking tones was published. In 1595, Spenser published Amoretti and Epithalamion in a volume that contains eighty-nine sonnets. In the following year he wrote a prose pamphlet entitled A View of the Present State of Ireland, a highly inflammatory argument for the pacification and destruction of Irish culture.On January 13th 1599 Edmund Spenser died at the age of forty-six. His coffin was carried to his grave in Westminster Abbey by other poets, who threw pens and poetic pieces into his grave. This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing. Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.

Edmund Spenser (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Jake Urry, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Poet Laureates - Volume 1

The office of Poet Laureate is a high honour amongst poets. The Ancient Greeks had the first idea and their heroes and Poets wore wreaths of Laurel in honour of the god Apollo. Many countries now have a Laureate as do many societies and organisations. But perhaps ranked first among them all is that of our own Poet Laureate. Unfortunately no single authentic definitive record exists of the office of Poet Laureate of England. In some form it can be traced back to 1189 and Richard Canonicus who was employed by Richard I with the title "versificator Regis". It is said that Geoffrey Chaucer was called Poet Laureate, being granted in 1389 an annual allowance of wine. After that there were a succession of 'volunteer Laureates'. It is not until 1617 that King James I created the post as it is known today for Ben Jonson, although it appears not to have been a formal appointment. That formality:- The title of Poet Laureate, as a royal office, was first conferred by letters patent on John Dryden in 1670 And from there we have procession of outstanding poets among them William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Alfred Austin. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe.

Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser, John Skelton (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Renaissance Poets - Volume 1

For our Renaissance Poets we start with the coming to the throne of Henry 8th in 1519. From then until its end, with the crumbling of the English Republic under Cromwell, in 1659 these poets capture a time when the World as they knew it then underwent tumultuous change. Within their ranks were Spenser, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, Sidney, Jonson, Marvell, Drayton. It is a list rich and sumptuous, long and gloried. In these volumes we bring all these poets and others together to illustrate this poetical canon.

Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser, John Skelton (Author), Alex Jennings, David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Faerie Queene

This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was Spenser's finest achievement. The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry. At the same time, Spenser is expounding a deeply-felt allegory of the eternal struggle between Truth and Error…

Edmund Spenser (Author), David Timson (Narrator)

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The Faerie Queene

This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was Spenser's finest achievement: the first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry. At the same time, Spenser is expounding a deeply-felt allegory of the eternal struggle between Truth and Error...

Edmund Spenser (Author), John Moffatt (Narrator)

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