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Sansom tells the life of St Francis of Assisi in a series of lyric and dramatic poems, with narrative links in prose.
Notes
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Dedication: To the memory of Daniel Roberts.
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The text contains a brief outline of the life of Francis of Assisi (108-110) notes on fifty-six of the poems/passages (110-123) and a brief bibliography (124-125).
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Contains a publisher's note about Sansom's life and work.
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Epigraph: Here, where the sloping mountain falls most gently. / There rose a new Sun. Therefore, when you name this place, / Call it - no, not 'Assisi', for that word / Cannot contain it ... Call it 'Orient'. - Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, Canto XI
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Also sound recording, with 2 audio cassettes. Poems from Sansom's Francis of Assisi, narrated by Clive Sansom and Barrie Muir, with lute music composed and played by Anthony Allen; Tenor Hugh Macindoe; St David's Cathedral Singers under the direction of Ian Burk.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Hobart,
Southeast Tasmania,
Tasmania,:Cat and Fiddle Press
, 1981 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Assisii"This is the city of St Francis:", single work poetry (p. i-iv)
- Governante To Donna Picai"Dear Lord!", single work poetry (p. 3-4)
- The Stablei"The Ass said, 'I remember:", single work poetry (p. 4-5)
- Schoolmasteri"Indeed, a good, sound education", single work poetry (p. 5-6)
- The Piazzai"It wakes to a chorus of bells, a birds' carillon;", single work poetry (p. 6-8)
- Packmani"Ay, a spare lad he were in them days,", single work poetry (p. 8-9)
- "Prince Bernadone"i"When, in the evening,", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- The Other Francisi"But sometimes - when the gold sun lifts", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- The Battle of Collestradai""Arm!" - a trumpet shouted it across the rooftops", single work poetry (p. 11-13)
- That Sun of Umbriai"That sun of Umbria,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- The Banquet in the Orchardi"Assisi's grey-pink walls are flushed", single work poetry (p. 18-20)
- Lute-Song to Lady Povertyi"My Lady Poverty!", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- The Leperi"In my opinion, nauseating and disgusting.", single work poetry (p. 21-23)
- The Priest of San Damianoi"No, Signore, I was no-one of consequence:", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
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Pietro Di Bernardonei"I am ready, Borodino . . . Tell me -",
single work
poetry
(p. 25-26)Pietro Di Bernardone, father of St Francis, imprisons his son to discourage him from being a 'scarecrow priest'.
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Donna Juanna Picai"You were France to me, the country I had lost:",
single work
poetry
(p. 26)Donna Juanna Pica, mother of St Francis, releases him from the captivity imposed by her husband Pietro Di Bernardone
- Guido, Bishop of Assisii"A strange young fellow. Everything he does", single work poetry (p. 27-29)
- Songi"Now is the burden lifted,", single work poetry (p. 30)
- "Our Lady of the Angels"i"Long ago the forest had returned", single work poetry (p. 32-33)
- The Blessing Beggari"Clean and respectable, lads - that's my motto!", single work poetry (p. 35-36)
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Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
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