Renascence: A Book of Verse: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Renascence: A Book of Verse, credited to Walter Crane, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Renascence: A Book of Verse by Walter Crane. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Jim Locke; Ezwa; Sonia; Jason in Panama; April6090; Bruce Kachuk; Kalynda; Amy Gramour Walter Crane is better known as an artist and illustrator of children’s books. His illustrations defined a whole genre which influenced the field for many years. He was also involved in various socialist causes and leant his artistic talent to many left-leaning publications. Some of the sentiments can be found reflected in this volume of his own poetry. The first section contains poems published for the first time, while the second section contains many verses that appeared in other publications and books. The verses are illustrated with black and white engravings of his art, of course. The publication page contains this note, “ This Edition on Large Paper is limited to Sixty-five copies for England and Thirty-five for America. This copy is No. 45 of the English Edition.” - Summary by Larry Wilson

Recording facts

• Recording title: Renascence: A Book of Verse
• Author credits: Walter Crane
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 48
• Listed recording duration: 2:40:20

Catalogue topics

• art
• love
• sonnets
• verse
• socialism

Opening tracks: first 24 of 48

1. 00 - Introduction — 2:15
2. 01 - Invocation — 5:39
3. 02 - The City of Love — 9:27
4. 03 - The House of Dreams — 14:48
5. 04 - Love's Labyrinth — 14:05
6. 05 - The Dividing Gulf — 2:14
7. 06 - The Valley of Deliverance — 5:31
8. 07 - The Unknown Shore — 1:24
9. 08 - The West Wind — 1:39
10. 09 - The New Light — 1:25
11. 10 - Hymn of Free Peoples — 2:11
12. 11 - Twelve Sonnets of Love I -- VI — 5:50
13. 12 - Twelve Sonnets of Love VII -- XII — 6:05
14. 13 - A Herald of Spring — 3:20
15. 14 - Thoughts in a Hammock — 5:37
16. 15 - The Sirens Three Dedicatory Sonnet — 1:08
17. 16 - The Sirens Three I - XX — 6:15
18. 17 - The Sirens Three XXI - XL — 6:21
19. 18 - The Sirens Three XLI - LX — 6:02
20. 19 - The Sirens Three LXI - LXXX — 5:59
21. 20 - The Sirens Three LXXXI - C — 5:56
22. 21 - The Sirens Three CI - CXX — 6:12
23. 22 - The Sirens Three CXXI - CXL — 6:22
24. 23 - The Sirens Three CXXI - CXLIV — 1:34

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