The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems
While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 1903 edition, varying as it does in selection from the edition of the same name published during his lifetime, provides a representative look at what has come to be known as his best works. The title poem is a horror-laced journey through depths that are surface level supernatural and at their heart an exploration of depression and atheist existential crisis. Subsequent works turn personal struggles (such as chronic insomnia) into pure art and praise poets that have gone before. - Summary by MoonLylith
Genre(s): Gothic Fiction, Single author
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Front matter. Proem. The City of Dreadful Night Parts 1-10 | MoonLylith |
00:45:09 |
| Play 02 | The City of Dreadful Night Parts 11-21 | MoonLylith |
00:42:36 |
| Play 03 | To our ladies of death | MoonLylith |
00:17:43 |
| Play 04 | Insomnia | MoonLylith |
00:21:52 |
| Play 05 | He Heard Her Sing | MoonLylith |
00:20:55 |
| Play 06 | In the Room | MoonLylith |
00:12:46 |
| Play 07 | A Voice from the Nile | MoonLylith |
00:15:07 |
| Play 08 | The Poet and his Muse | MoonLylith |
00:11:16 |
| Play 09 | Mater Tenebrarum | MoonLylith |
00:03:54 |
| Play 10 | L'Ancien Régime | MoonLylith |
00:05:07 |
| Play 11 | The Sleeper | MoonLylith |
00:05:56 |
| Play 12 | On a Broken Pipe | MoonLylith |
00:00:42 |
| Play 13 | Day | MoonLylith |
00:00:55 |
| Play 14 | Night | MoonLylith |
00:01:16 |
| Play 15 | William Blake | MoonLylith |
00:01:17 |
| Play 16 | E.B.B. | MoonLylith |
00:01:56 |
| Play 17 | The Fire That Filled My Heart of Old | MoonLylith |
00:01:34 |
| Play 18 | Song | MoonLylith |
00:01:49 |
| Play 19 | A Requiem | MoonLylith |
00:01:50 |