Voices of Poetry, Volume 2

Voices of Poetry - Volume 1

• ORIGINAL (20 mins)
• By J. R. R. Tolkien, e. e. Cummings, Archibald Macleish, and others
• Narrated By J. R. R. Tolkien, e. e. Cummings, Archibald Macleish, and others

Hear rare recording from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Hoard"; e. e. Cummings, "Prose Jottings"; Archibald Macleish, "The Old Man To The Lizard"; Ted Hughes, "Six Young Men"; May Swenson, "Naked In Borneo"; Marilyn Hacker, "The Dark Twin"; Kenneth Patchen, "23rd Street Runs into Heaven"; Edith Stillwell, "An Old Woman"; and Theodore Roethke, "The Bat".

The Waste Land & Four Quartets

• ORIGINAL (1 hr and 35 mins)
• By T.S. Eliot
• Narrated By Paul Scofield

These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot.

The Poetry of Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath

• NONE (1 hr and 54 mins)
• By Diane Wood Middlebrook (Professor of English, Stanford University), Herbert Lindenberger (Avalon Foundation Professor of Humanities, and others

Collection: Popular Poetry / Popular Verse, Vol. 2

• UNABRIDGED (2 hrs and 36 mins)
• By William Blake, John Donne, Alfred Tennyson, and others
• Narrated By Jasper Britton, Emma Fielding, Tony Britton

Nearly 100 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind available. It covers a remarkable range, from the striking vision of Blake and Shelley and the insights of Keats to lighter but equally memorable verse by Tennyson, Donne, and Edward Lear.

Seven Ages: An Anthology of Poetry with Music (Unabridged Selections)

• ORIGINAL (2 hrs and 35 mins)
• By William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ted Hughes
• Narrated By Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench

This highly entertaining anthology of verse is the comic, tragic, tender, and telling story of life's seven ages, from childhood to old age. Within the framework of Shakespeare's speech, "The Seven Ages of Man," performed by Sir Ian McKellen, are 150 great poems from all ages, from Chaucer to Emily Dickinson to Walt Whitman and many others. The poem are presented by the finest cast ever assembled on one recording and includes Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench, John Cleese, Michael Caine, and more.