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The Star-Treader and Other Poems

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Clark Ashton Smith, referred to as one of the big three of Weird Tales, was a romantic-style poet, a Lovecraftian-style writer and a literary friend of H.P Lovecraft. As a poet, he was considered one of the last great West Coast Romantics. The Star-Treader and Other Poems, published at the age of 19, was his first volume of poetry and his breakout hit. Summary by Mary Kay.

Cast List for The Masque of the Forsaken Gods:

Narrator and Aphrodite: Mary Kay
The Poet: Lucretia B.
The Philosopher, Apollo and Another Nymph: Rosslyn Carlyle
Jove and Pan: Jamie
Artemis: Jennifer Dallman
A Nymph: Greg Giordano
Ate and The Gods Together: Shakira Searle
Edited by: Mary Kay (2 hr 9 min)

Chapters

Nero

6:09

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

Chant to Sirius

1:46

Read by Ken Masters

The Star-Treader

7:27

Read by MaryAnn

The Night Forest

2:29

Read by Ken Masters

The Mad Wind / The Morning Pool / The Soul of the Sea

2:57

Read by Ken Masters

Song to Oblivion

1:22

Read by Ken Masters

Medusa

3:29

Read by Ken Masters

Ode to the Abyss

4:06

Read by James Koss

The Butterfly

4:48

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Price / The Maze of Sleep / The Mystic Meaning

1:45

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

Ode to Music

4:07

Read by Jairus Amar

The Last Night

1:10

Read by Jairus Amar

Ode to Imagination

3:40

Read by Jairus Amar

The Wind and the Moon

1:40

Read by Jennifer Dallman

Lament of the Stars

6:46

Read by Shakira Searle

The Winds

2:03

Read by Shakira Searle

A Sunset / The Snow-Blossoms / The Summer Moon

1:50

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Cloud-Islands

1:41

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Return of Hyperion

1:42

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

Lethe

1:13

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

Atlantis

1:12

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Unrevealed

1:10

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Eldritch Dark

1:39

Read by Shakira Searle

The Cherry-Snows / Fairy Lanterns

1:10

Read by Jennifer Dallman

Nirvana

1:14

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Nemesis of Suns

1:19

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

White Death

1:09

Read by drsxj

Retrospect and Forecast

1:15

Read by drsxj

Shadow of Nightmare

1:12

Read by drsxj

The Song of a Comet

3:16

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Retribution

1:15

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

To the Darkness

2:44

Read by Jordan Heron

A Dream of Beauty

1:12

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Dream-Bridge / The Fugitives

1:20

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

A Live Oak-Leaf / Pine Needles

1:11

Read by Jennifer Dallman

To the Sun

2:38

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

Averted Malefice

1:14

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Medusa of the Skies

1:17

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

A Dead City

1:11

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Song of the Stars

4:46

Read by Shakira Searle

Copan

1:12

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

A Song of Dreams

2:45

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

The Balance

1:12

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

Saturn

17:17

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle

Finis

2:37

Read by Shakira Searle

The Masque of the Forsaken Gods

9:16

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Bewertungen

(0,5 Sterne)

dreadful readers. no poetry. terrible accents.

(5 Sterne)

Most CAS fans read his poetry as a supplement of his great short stories written mostly a decade after his poetry flourished--and many prefer Ebony and Crystal to this poetry collection. His poetry and even his prose is deeply incluenced by the romantics, the decadents, and the fin de siecle aesthetes much more than the midernists. As a result, critics often pan his work, his word choice, and his themes in his poetry and prose. (The writer of the intro to a Bison collection of his tales told readers why CAS was a bad writer--way to prepare a reader) But readers who appreciate the skilled use of tradutional meter and believe poetry should embrace the fantastic and macabre fir their own sake have tended to ignore the critics. CAS later made a living as a sculptor specializing in the fantastic and macabre