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