The Poets of the Early 20th Century - Volume 1: Find beauty and hope in a period ravaged worldwide by war

Written by James Joyce, Sara Teasdale, Hilda Doolittle and 7 more

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, David Shaw-Parker and Ghizela Rowe

In England the Victorian Age was about to become the past and a new age of worldwide wars of horror and slaughter would envelop and decimate generations, forever staining mankind.

The Century would see the World discover strengths. The Democracies would stand firm against Fascism and later Communism yet still keep its own elite and privileged in power and the rest of us underfoot.

The World was more connected than ever before. Culture accelerated its kaleidoscopic and interwoven journey. Transport delivered people by car and train and then aeroplane to far flung corners of the globe. Empires were at their zenith and ready to fragment with new nations, many troubled, rising from their decay.

The natural world continued to be plundered and pillaged for its resources by industries who pledged ‘more’ and ‘better’ and would clothe and feed a growing world yet sow the seeds now ready to devastate us in our current times.

The globe was as vibrant and violent as troubled and tarnished as it ever was. But new ideas, new political systems, new times changed everything once again.

1 - The Poets of the Early 20th Century - Volume 1 - An Introduction

2 - At the Grave of the Forgotten by Effie Waller Smith

3 - Preparation by Effie Waller Smith

4 - A Rajput Love Song by Sarojini Naidu

5 - My Dead Dream by Sarojini Naidu

6 - The Poet's Love Song by Sarojini Naidu

7 - The Royal Tombs of Golconda by Sarojini Naidu

8 - Real Property by Harold Monro

9 - Midnight Lamentation by Harold Monro

10 - Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens

11 - The Emperor of Ice Cream by Wallace Stevens

12 - The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens

13 - Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock by Wallace Stevens

14 - The Wayfarer by Patrick Pearse

15 - The Mother by Patrick Pearse

16 - To My Daughter Betty, The Gift of God by Tom Kettle

17 - On Leaving Ireland, July 14th 1916 by Tom Kettle

18 - Tenebris by Angelina Weld Grimké

19 - The Eyes of My Regret by Angelina Weld Grimké

20 - Image by Edward Storer

21 - The Blind Ploughman by Radclyffe Hall

22 - Ode To Sappho by Radclyffe Hall

23 - Ardour by Radclyffe Hall

24 - Palace by Guillaume Apollinaire

25 - One Evening by Guillaume Apollinaire

26 - The White Snow by Guillaume Apollinaire

27 - The Heart of A Woman by Georgia Douglas Johnson

28 - When I Rise Up by Georgia Douglas Johnson

29 - Sunlight and the Sea by Alfred Noyes

30 - The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes

31 - The Rose by John Cournos

32 - Among the Rodins by John Cournos

33 - The Volunteer by Herbert Asquith

34 - Autumn, 1914 by Mary Webb

35 - Fallen by Alice Corbin

36 - Two Voices by Alice Corbin

37 - The Joy of a Dog by Edgar Albert Guest

38 - See It Through by Edgar Albert Guest

39 - It Couldn't Be Done by Edgar Albert Guest

40 - An Old Woman of the Roads by Padraic Colum

41 - A Prayer by James Joyce

42 - Tilly by James Joyce

43 - Sleep Now, O Sleep Now by James Joyce

44 - Night Piece by James Joyce

45 - Translation by Anne Spencer

46 - White Things by Anne Spencer

47 - Deirdre by James Stephens

48 - Midnight by James Stephens

49 - La Vie C'est La Vie by Jessie Fauset

50 - Dead Fires by Jessie Fauset

51 - Spectral by John Drinkwater

52 - The Life of Love - Spring by Khalil Gibran

53 - On Pain by Khalil Gibran

54 - Autumn by Khalil Gibran

55 - Song of the Flower by Khalil Gibran

56 - Proof of Immortality by William Carlos Williams

57 - This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams

58 - The Crowd at the Ball Game by William

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Copyright Group
• Release date: Jan 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781839678851

James Joyce

James Joyce (1882-1941) was an Irish author, poet, teacher, and critic. Joyce centered most of his work around the city of Dublin, and portrays characters inspired by the author’s family, friends, enemies, and acquaintances. After a drunken fight and misunderstanding, Joyce and his wife, Nora Barnacle, self-exiled, leaving their home and traveling from country to country. Though he moved way from Ireland, Joyce continued to write about the region and was popular among the rise of Irish nationalism. Joyce is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. While his most famous work is his novel Ulysses, Joyce wrote many novels and poetry collections, including some that were published posthumously.