In Excelsis
In 1924, Lord Alfred Douglas was sued by Winston Churchill after he alleged that the politician had been part of a Jewish-backed conspiracy to commit various acts of wartime misconduct. Douglas lost the case and was jailed for six months. During his time at Wormwood Scrubs, Douglas wrote a sonnet sequence that he would title In Excelsis (in the highest), a reversal of the title of the prison letter written by his former lover, Oscar Wilde (De Profundis - from the depths). Douglas claims in the preface to the volume that the poems are spiritual in nature. They also include poorly disguised attacks on Wilde and support for anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. (Rob Marland)
Genre(s): Single author
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Preface | Rob Marland |
00:06:44 |
Play 01 | Sonnet I | Rob Marland |
00:01:09 |
Play 02 | Sonnet II | Rob Marland |
00:01:15 |
Play 03 | Sonnet III | Rob Marland |
00:01:22 |
Play 04 | Sonnet IV | Rob Marland |
00:01:03 |
Play 05 | Sonnet V | Rob Marland |
00:01:00 |
Play 06 | Sonnet VI | Rob Marland |
00:01:05 |
Play 07 | Sonnet VII | Rob Marland |
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Play 08 | Sonnet VIII | Rob Marland |
00:01:06 |
Play 09 | Sonnet IX | Rob Marland |
00:01:06 |
Play 10 | Sonnet X | Rob Marland |
00:01:16 |
Play 11 | Sonnet XI | Rob Marland |
00:01:16 |
Play 12 | Sonnet XII | Rob Marland |
00:01:26 |
Play 13 | Sonnet XIII | Rob Marland |
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Play 14 | Sonnet XIV | Rob Marland |
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Play 15 | Sonnet XV | Rob Marland |
00:01:24 |
Play 16 | Sonnet XVI | Rob Marland |
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Play 17 | Epilogue | Rob Marland |
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