Revolutionary Sonnets and Other Poems

"Demonstrating the full range and achievement of Anthony BurgessÆs poetry and verse, this collection contains extracts from his translations of the librettos of Carmen, Oberon, and others; of verse dramas including Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus the King, and Chatsky; and his original musicals TrotskyÆs in New York!, Mozart and the Wolf Gang, and A Clockwork Orange 2004. Also included are his translations of the Roman dialect poet Giuseppi Belli, extracts from his verse epic Moses, the complete poems of F. X. Enderby, and Burgess's autobiographical poem ôThe Sword.ö"

Introduction

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Revolutionary Sonnets and other short poems

1

(105)

John Burgess Wilson

Anthony Burgess

F.X. Enderby

Longer Poems

O Lord, O Ford, God Help Us, Also You

36

(6)

Verses for the Seventieth Birthday of Vladimir Nabokov

42

(2)

Homage to Ogden Nash

44

(2)

Five Extracts from Moses

46

(7)

Translations and Adaptations

The Eve of Saint Venus: from the Pervigilium Veneris

53

(2)

Ten Sonnets from the Roman dialect of Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli

55

(6)

Dramatic Verse, Libretti and Lyrics for Musicals

From Bizet's Carmen

61

(8)

From Weber's Oberon

69

(3)

From Blooms of Dublin

72

(7)

From Will!

79

(5)

From Trotsky's in New York!

84

(5)

From A Clockwork Orange: A Play With Music

89

(4)

From Mozart and the Wolf Gang

93

(5)

From Sophocles, Oedipus the King

98

(3)

From Griboyedov, Chatsky

101

(5)

From Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac

106

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Revolutionary Sonnets and Other Poems

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