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Audio Recording A reading of an evening's anthology of poetry

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Title

  • A reading of an evening's anthology of poetry

Summary

  • Mr. Davison reads his poem, "The ugly duckling," as well as eighteen other poems by various authors.

Names

  • Davison, Edward Lewis, 1898-
  • Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund.
  • Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1953.

Contents

  • The nut-tree ; Curly Locks ; There was a lady ; Cock Robin ; This is the key of the kingdom / Anonymous -- The passionate shepherd to his love / Christopher Marlowe -- Phillada flouts me ; Love will find out the way ; There is a lady sweet and kind / Anonymous-- Ode: Intimations of immortality / William Wordsworth -- Ode to the west wind / Percy Bysshe Shelley -- Ode to a nightingale / John Keats -- The learned astronomer ; Ethiopia ; There was a child went forth / Walt Whitman, A leave-taking / Algernon Charles Swinburne -- The ugly duckling / Edward Davison -- The rose in amber / Hervey Allen -- Dominus illuminatio mea / Richard Doddright Blackmore.

Headings

  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Recorded Mar. 23, 1953, in the Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
  • -  Sponsored by the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature.
  • -  Literary recordings, rev., enl. ed., p. 53-54.
  • -  Preservation master. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1973. 1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.
  • -  Cataloging based on container/printed material/LC paperwork.

Medium

  • 1 sound tape reel (ca. 60 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 10 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RAA 27797 (original acetate -- not for playback)
  • LWO 2113 (preservation master)

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93842947

Online Format

  • audio

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Chicago citation style:

Davison, Edward Lewis, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. A Reading of an Evening's Anthology of Poetry. 1953. Audio. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/93842947/.

APA citation style:

Davison, E. L., Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund & Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. (1953) A Reading of an Evening's Anthology of Poetry. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/93842947/.

MLA citation style:

Davison, Edward Lewis, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry And Literature Fund, and Archive Of Recorded Poetry And Literature. A Reading of an Evening's Anthology of Poetry. 1953. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/93842947/>.