The Star-Treader and Other Poems


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(3.7 stars; 5 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

Nero 6:09 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
Chant to Sirius 1:46 Lu par Ken Masters
The Star-Treader 7:27 Lu par MaryAnn
The Night Forest 2:29 Lu par Ken Masters
The Mad Wind / The Morning Pool / The Soul of the Sea 2:57 Lu par Ken Masters
Song to Oblivion 1:22 Lu par Ken Masters
Medusa 3:29 Lu par Ken Masters
Ode to the Abyss 4:06 Lu par James Koss
The Butterfly 4:48 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Price / The Maze of Sleep / The Mystic Meaning 1:45 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
Ode to Music 4:07 Lu par Jairus Amar
The Last Night 1:10 Lu par Jairus Amar
Ode to Imagination 3:40 Lu par Jairus Amar
The Wind and the Moon 1:40 Lu par Jennifer Dallman
Lament of the Stars 6:46 Lu par Shakira Searle
The Winds 2:03 Lu par Shakira Searle
A Sunset / The Snow-Blossoms / The Summer Moon 1:50 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Cloud-Islands 1:41 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Return of Hyperion 1:42 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
Lethe 1:13 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
Atlantis 1:12 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Unrevealed 1:10 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Eldritch Dark 1:39 Lu par Shakira Searle
The Cherry-Snows / Fairy Lanterns 1:10 Lu par Jennifer Dallman
Nirvana 1:14 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Nemesis of Suns 1:19 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
White Death 1:09 Lu par drsxj
Retrospect and Forecast 1:15 Lu par drsxj
Shadow of Nightmare 1:12 Lu par drsxj
The Song of a Comet 3:16 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Retribution 1:15 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
To the Darkness 2:44 Lu par Jordan Heron
A Dream of Beauty 1:12 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Dream-Bridge / The Fugitives 1:20 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
A Live Oak-Leaf / Pine Needles 1:11 Lu par Jennifer Dallman
To the Sun 2:38 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
Averted Malefice 1:14 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Medusa of the Skies 1:17 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
A Dead City 1:11 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Song of the Stars 4:46 Lu par Shakira Searle
Copan 1:12 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
A Song of Dreams 2:45 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
The Balance 1:12 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
Saturn 17:17 Lu par Rosslyn Carlyle
Finis 2:37 Lu par Shakira Searle
The Masque of the Forsaken Gods 9:16 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

Critiques


(0.5 stars)

dreadful readers. no poetry. terrible accents.


(5 stars)

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