Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Victorian Poems of Conscience, Religious Doubt, and Moral ReflectionBy Arthur Hugh Clough
Length14h 31m
About this audiobook
Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough gathers the verse of one of Victorian literature's most searching and intellectually restless voices. The collection ranges from lyric meditation to narrative experiment, including poems marked by conversational directness, ironic self-questioning, and moral unease. Situated between Romantic aspiration and Victorian doubt, Clough's poetry resists easy consolation: faith, love, work, social duty, and modern skepticism are tested in flexible meters and a style often deliberately plain, skeptical, and dramatic. Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861) was educated at Rugby under Thomas Arnold and later at Balliol College, Oxford, experiences that deeply shaped his ethical seriousness and his troubled relation to religious orthodoxy. A contemporary of Matthew Arnold and part of the same climate of spiritual crisis, Clough resigned his Oxford fellowship rather than conform formally to doctrines he could not wholly affirm. His travels, friendships, and public service sharpened his sense of modern dislocation. This volume is recommended to readers interested in Victorian poetry beyond its grand certainties. Clough offers not ornamental reassurance but candid intelligence: a poetry of conscience, hesitation, and humane inquiry.
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
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GenrePoetry
Length14 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough (Annotated)
26THE NEW SINAI.
2Introduction
27QUI LABORAT, ORAT.
3Historical Context
28ὕμνος ἄυμνος.
4Synopsis (Selection)
29THE HIDDEN LOVE.
5A SONG OF AUTUMN.
30SHADOW AND LIGHT.
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6τὸ καλόν.
31‘WITH WHOM IS NO VARIABLENESS, NEITHER SHADOW OF TURNING.’
7Χρυσέα κλῄς ἐπὶ γλώσσᾳ.
32IN STRATIS VIARUM.
8THE SILVER WEDDING.
33‘ PERCHÈ PENSA? PENSANDO S’INVECCHIA. ’
9THE MUSIC OF THE WORLD AND OF THE SOUL.
34‘ O THOU OF LITTLE FAITH. ’
10LOVE, NOT DUTY.
35‘ THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. ’
11LOVE AND REASON.
36AH! YET CONSIDER IT AGAIN!
12Ὁ Θεὸς μετὰ σοῦ!
37NOLI ÆMULARI.
13WIRKUNG IN DER FERNE.
38‘ WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE? ’
14ἐπὶ Λάτμῳ.
39EPI-STRAUSS-IUM.
15A PROTEST.
40THE SHADOW.
16SIC ITUR.
41EASTER DAY. NAPLES, 1849.
17PARTING.
42EASTER DAY. II
18QUA CURSUM VENTUS.
43DIPSYCHUS.
19‘ WEN GOTT BETRÜGT, IST WOHL BETROGEN. ’
44PROLOGUE TO DIPSYCHUS.
20POEMS ON RELIGIOUS AND BIBLICAL SUBJECTS.
45DIPSYCHUS.
21FRAGMENTS OF THE MYSTERY OF THE FALL.
46Part I.
22THE SONG OF LAMECH.
47Part II.
23GENESIS XXIV.
48EPILOGUE TO DIPSYCHUS.
24JACOB.
49DIPSYCHUS CONTINUED. A FRAGMENT.
25JACOB’S WIVES.
50POEMS ON LIFE AND DUTY.
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