London Stories & Poems

Erlebe London! Die schönsten Gedichte und Kurzgeschichten zeigen die Metropole in ihren faszinierenden Facetten und laden ein zu einer Reise durch die Sprache Großbritanniens: von der Renaissance bis ins 20. Jahrhundert. Experience London! The greatest poems and short stories show the metropolis in its diverse facets. The listener is invited to take part in a journey through the English language - from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Inhalt: William Dunbar: From: In Honour of the Citie of London - Edmund Spenser: From: Prothalamion - Francis Beaumont: On the Tombes in Westminster Abbey - John Dryden: From: The Medall: A Satyre Against Sedition - Jonathan Swift: A Description of a City Shower - John Gay: Trivia: Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London - William Blake: London - William Blake: The Chimney Sweeper - William Wordsworth: From: The Prelude - William Wordsworth: Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 - Matthew Arnold: East London - 12. Matthew Arnold: West London - Oscar Wilde: Symphony in Yellow - Robert Bridges: London Snow - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Cabman's Story. The Mysteries of a London "Growler" - Amy Lowell: A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M. - Lionel Johnson: From: London Town - Katherine Mansfield: The Tiredness of Rosabel