Description
audible1 recording of Ravenna and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde.
Read in English by 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)
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