The Poetry of Oscar Wilde (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Complete 120+ Poems, Ballads, Sonnets & Other Verses: The Ballad Of Reading Gaol, The Sphinx…By Oscar Wilde
Length6h 12m
About this audiobook
Gathering the lyrical, dramatic, and occasional verse of Oscar Wilde, The Poetry of Oscar Wilde reveals a writer whose poems are far more than ornaments to his better-known plays and fiction. From classical reverie and Renaissance colour to devotional unrest and the stark moral music of The Ballad of Reading Gaol, the collection traces Wilde's movement from high Aestheticism toward a chastened, modern sympathy. Its style is musical, allusive, and pictorial, drawing on Keats, Swinburne, French Decadence, and Victorian medievalism while testing the limits of art-for-art's-sake. Wilde (1854–1900), born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College and Oxford, was formed by classical learning, Walter Pater's aesthetic philosophy, and a society that both celebrated and punished theatrical self-fashioning. His poems reflect the brilliant public lecturer and dramatist, but also the exile, prisoner, and spiritual sufferer whose disgrace sharpened his understanding of cruelty, beauty, and repentance. This volume is recommended to readers seeking the full range of Wilde's imagination: not only wit and paradox, but sensuous craft, historical memory, and tragic moral insight.
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.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- 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
Length6 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 27, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
63Requiescat
2Introduction
64Salve Saturnia Tellus
3Author Biography
65Sunrise: Symphony in Yellow
4Historical Context
66The Theatre at Argos
5Synopsis (Selection)
67Sen Artysty; Or, The Artist’s Dream
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6Ye Shall Be Gods
68Pan - Double Villanelle
7Ravenna
69San Miniato
8The True Knowledge
70Les Balloons
9A Lament
71Ave Maria Plena Gratia
10Wasted Days
72To My Wife - With A Copy Of My Poems
11Désespoir
73With A Copy Of ‘A House Of Pomegranates’
12Lotus Leaves
74Italia
13Impressions
75Sonnet
14Under the Balcony
76Rome Unvisited
15A Fragment
77Urbs Sacra Aeterna
16Le Jardin Des Tuileries
78Sonnet
17On the Sale by Auction of Keats’ Love Letters
79On Hearing the Dies Irae Sung in the Sistine Chapel
18The New Remorse
80Easter Day
19An Inscription
81E Tenebris
20The Harlot’s House
82Vita Nuova
21The Burden of Itys
83Roses and Rue
22Charmides
84To L.L.1
23Eleutheria
85Madonna Mia
24Heart’s Yearnings
86The New Helen
25The Little Ship
87Impressions De Theatre
26Ave Imperatrix
88Fabien Dei Franchi
27To Milton
89Phedre
28Louis Napoleon
90Portia
29Sonnet
91Queen Henrietta Maria
30Quantum Mutata
92Camma
31Libertatis Sacra Fames
93Song Of The Clouds
32Theoretikos
94Wind Flowers
33Flowers of Gold
95Impression Du Matin
34The Grave of Keats
96Magdalen Walks
35Theocritus
97Athanasia
36In the Gold Room
98Serenade
37Ballade De Marguerite
99Cry Woe, Woe And Let The Good Prevail
38The Dole of the King’s Daughter
100Endymion
39Love Song
101La Bella Donna Del Mia Mente
40Tristitiae
102Canzonet
41Amor Intellectualis
103La Dame Jaune
42Santa Decca
104Remorse A Study in Saffron
43A Vision
105Chanson
44Impression De Voyage
106The Sphinx
45The Grave of Shelley
107In the Forest
46By the Arno
108The Ballad Of Reading Gaol
47From Spring Days to Winter
109Fantaisies Décoratives.
48Flower or Love
110Chorus of Cloud Maidens
49The Fourth Movement
111Untitled (See! the gold sun has risen)
50Impression Le Reveillon
112Untitled (She stole behind him where he lay)
51At Verona
113ΘPHNΩIΔIA
52Apologia
114Lotus Land
53Quia Multum Amavi
115Untitled (O loved one lying far away)
54Silentium Amoris
116A Fragment from the Agamemnon of Aeschylos
55Her Voice
117Nocturne
56My Voice
118La Belle Gabrielle
57Taedium Vitae
119To V. F.
58The Garden of Eros
120To M. B. J.
59Humanitad
121Analysis
60Panthea
122Reflection
61Rosa Mystica
123Memorable Quotes
62Helas
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Annotated)Oscar Wilde4h 22m$2 · $0.00
Tres CuentosOscar Wilde1h 7m$7 · $0.00
Paradoja y genioOscar Wilde54m$9 · $0.00
Der Sozialismus und die Seele des MenschenOscar Wilde1h 43m$1 · $0.00
Het portret van Dorian GrayOscar Wilde7h 24m$2 · $0.00
Colección integral de Oscar WildeOscar Wilde25h 29m$1 · $0.00
The Great Fairy Tales - Oscar Wilde Edition (Illustrated)Oscar Wilde6h 7m$1 · $0.00
The Poetry of Oscar WildeOscar Wilde5h 55m$2 · $0.00
Individualisme en socialismeOscar Wilde3h 12m$2 · $0.00
De profundisOscar Wilde2h 16m$2 · $0.00
The Happy Prince, and Other TalesOscar Wilde2h 33m$1 · $0.00
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other StoriesOscar Wilde2h 31m$2 · $0.00
Oscar Wilde: Die ErzählungenOscar Wilde13h 55m$1 · $0.00
SaloméOscar Wilde2h 13m$2 · $0.00
And the World Spins AnywayGeorgie Jones1h 45m$20 · $0.00
TerraformPropaganda5h 39m$24 · $0.00
The Essential NerudaPablo Neruda1h 55m$25
UnashamedHarry Baker1h 33m4 (1)$20 · $0.00
Maybe You Never Cry AgainBernie Mac4h 25m$20 · $0.00
Inquire WithinIn-Q2h 18m$16 · $0.00
The Poetic EddaJackson Crawford6h 24m$17
Poems of ParentingLoryn Brantz42m4 (1)$9 · $0.00
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson5h 23m$16
The Weary Blues (Annotated)Langston Hughes2h 13m$2 · $0.00
The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)Edgar Allan Poe18h 27m$2 · $0.00
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Songs of a SourdoughRobert W. Service2h 13m$1 · $0.00
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I Hope This Finds You WellKate Baer50m$6 · $0.00
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