Tristram and Iseult and other poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Tristram and Iseult and other poems, credited to Matthew Arnold, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Tristram and Iseult and other poems by Matthew Arnold. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone

Recording facts

• Recording title: Tristram and Iseult and other poems
• Author credits: Matthew Arnold
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 2:33:04

Catalogue topics

• poetry

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 01 - Tristram and Iseult Part 1: Tristram — 24:53
2. 02 - Tristram and Iseult Part 2: Iseult of Ireland — 14:11
3. 03 - Tristram and Iseult Part 3: Iseult of Brittany — 17:25
4. 04 - Dover Beach — 2:59
5. 05 - Thrysis — 19:33
6. 06 - Saint Brandan — 3:53
7. 07 - The Neckan — 3:24
8. 08 - The Forsaken Merman — 6:15
9. 09 - Austerity of Poetry — 1:19
10. 10 - East and West — 1:17
11. 11 - East London — 1:17
12. 12 - West London — 1:19
13. 13 - The Divinity — 1:09
14. 14 - Immortality — 1:08
15. 15 - The Good Shepherd with the Kid — 1:08
16. 16 - Monica's last Prayer — 1:10
17. 17 - Cadmus and Harmonia — 2:13
18. 18 - Apollo Musagetes — 1:59
19. 19 - Urania — 1:53
20. 20 - Euphrosyne — 1:51
21. 21 - Lines written in Kensington Gardens — 3:01
22. 22 - The Scholar Gypsy — 16:45
23. 23 - Calais Sands — 2:39
24. 24 - Stanzas from Carnac — 3:45

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