Edwin Arnold: Premium Poetry Collection (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Buddhist and Indian verse on spiritual enlightenment and ancient wisdom—from The Light of Asia to the Bhagavad-GitaBy Edwin Arnold
Length18h 22m
About this audiobook
Edwin Arnold: Premium Poetry Collection gathers the verse of a Victorian poet whose work moves between lyrical meditation, narrative grandeur, and moral-philosophical inquiry. The collection showcases Arnold's characteristic fluency in elevated diction, musical cadence, and richly pictorial description, often drawing upon religious history, Eastern thought, and imperial-era fascination with world literatures. Read within its nineteenth-century context, the poetry reflects both the aspirations and tensions of Victorian cosmopolitanism: an earnest desire to interpret spiritual traditions beyond Europe, shaped by the literary conventions and assumptions of its age. Sir Edwin Arnold was a journalist, educator, and poet whose years in India profoundly informed his imagination. Best known for The Light of Asia, his poetic rendering of the life and teachings of the Buddha, Arnold helped introduce many English readers to Asian religious and philosophical materials. His work emerged from a career bridging public letters and cross-cultural engagement, and from a conviction that poetry could serve as a vehicle for ethical instruction, sympathy, and spiritual enlargement. This collection is recommended for readers interested in Victorian poetry, comparative religion, and the literary history of East-West encounter. It offers both aesthetic pleasure and historical insight, rewarding those willing to read its beauty alongside its cultural complexities.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenrePoetry
Length18 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 18, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Edwin Arnold: Premium Poetry Collection (Annotated)
22The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gîtâ (from the Mahâbhârata)
2Introduction
23Light of the World; or, The Great Consummation
3Historical Context
24Proeme.
4Synopsis (Selection)
25AT BETHLEHEM
5The Light of Asia
26BOOK I MARY MAGDALENE
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6Book The First
27Mary Magdalene.
7Book The Second
28BOOK II THE MAGUS
8Book The Third
29The Magus.
9Book The Fourth
30BOOK III THE ALABASTER BOX
10Book the Fifth
31The Alabaster Box.
11Book The Sixth
32BOOK IV THE PARABLES
12Book The Seventh
33The Parables.
13Book The Eigth
34BOOK V THE LOVE OF GOD AND MAN
14Indian Poetry
35The Love of God and Man.
15The Indian Song of Songs.
36BOOK VI THE GREAT CONSUMMATION
16Miscellaneous Oriental Poems.
37The Great Consummation.
17Two Books From The Iliad Of India.
38Potiphar's Wife
18"Night of Slaughter."
39Analysis
19The Morning Prayer.
40Reflection
20Proverbial Wisdom from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa.
41Memorable Quotes
21Proverbial Wisdom From the Shlokas of the Hitopadeśa.
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