The Witch of Atlas
by Percy Shelley
43 minutes, 21 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poem
1820
Shelley at his most playful (starting with the dedication to his wife, Frankenstein author Mary Shelley: "On her objecting to the following poem, upon the score of its containing no human interest."), combining Greek and Egyptian myths into a fanciful meditation on creativity. A longform poem of the fantastic, read by Alex Wilson.
Categories: 150 cents, 19th Century AD, 2005 Release, 30-60 minutes, Alex Wilson (Reader), Fantasy, Formal Verse, Percy Shelley, Poetry, Speculative, The Longer Stuff
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution License on June 7, 2010 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
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43 minutes, 21 seconds
Unabridged Formal Poem
1820
Shelley at his most playful (starting with the dedication to his wife, Frankenstein author Mary Shelley: "On her objecting to the following poem, upon the score of its containing no human interest."), combining Greek and Egyptian myths into a fanciful meditation on creativity. A longform poem of the fantastic, read by Alex Wilson.
Categories: 150 cents, 19th Century AD, 2005 Release, 30-60 minutes, Alex Wilson (Reader), Fantasy, Formal Verse, Percy Shelley, Poetry, Speculative, The Longer Stuff
Percy Shelley (1792-1822) was an English Romantic-Era poet known for his radical values (for the time period) and his idealism about human nature and love. His wife, Mary Shelley, was the author of the novel Frankenstein (and was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft).
Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He starred in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind and recently filmed The Third Cord with Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido. His animated comics-parody film All's Fair in Love and Police Actions was recently selected as an iFilm Pick. He is the founder of Telltale Weekly and Spoken Alexandria. See his website for more. [new windows, all].
This recording will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution License on June 7, 2010 or after 100,000 purchases, whichever comes first. Read more.
Posted by alex at June 7, 2005 6:24 PM


