Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Although Williams' poetry was mainly influenced by his deeply held Christian faith, he also had a great knowledge of and respect for the ideas and values of the classical world.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Proserpina
02:40 - Chapter 2
Troy
04:49 - Chapter 3
At Dawn
03:27 - Chapter 4
Ballade of Building
01:45 - Chapter 5
Ballade of a Street Door
01:47 - Chapter 6
Ballade of Numbers
01:55 - Chapter 7
The Clerk
01:02 - Chapter 8
Richmond Park
01:45 - Chapter 9
Inland Travel
01:36 - Chapter 10
Conformity
06:19 - Chapter 11
Emigravit
00:39 - Chapter 12
May 20th, 1915
02:05 - Chapter 13
Hope
01:06 - Chapter 14
Endings
01:35 - Chapter 15
Song
00:48 - Chapter 16
Song of Opposites
02:05 - Chapter 17
Song of Implications
01:38 - Chapter 18
Marriage
01:07 - Chapter 19
Sonnets
14:22 - Chapter 20
On Pilgrimage
01:11 - Chapter 21
In the Land of Juda
00:58 - Chapter 22
Gratia Plena
02:03 - Chapter 23
Presentation
02:29 - Chapter 24
Orthodoxy
02:36 - Chapter 25
Ecclesia Docens
03:41 - Chapter 26
Commentaries
11:31 - Chapter 27
Michaelmas
01:31 - Chapter 28
Black Letter Days
06:30 - Chapter 29
Churches
06:42 - Chapter 30
The Christian Year
10:48 - Chapter 31
Ascension
02:15 - Chapter 32
The Continuing Doctrine
01:35 - Chapter 33
Mater Dei
02:58 - Chapter 34
Quicunque Vult
00:54 - Chapter 35
The Assumption
01:27 - Chapter 36
Christmas
04:54 - Chapter 37
The Epiphany
05:42 - Chapter 38
Hot Cross Buns
02:54 - Chapter 39
At Easter
02:03 - Chapter 40
Pentecost
03:42 - Chapter 41
The Repose of Our Lady: A Dirge
07:33 - Chapter 42
The Wars
09:17 - Chapter 43
The City of Man
02:31 - Chapter 44
Ode for Easter Morning
08:02 - Chapter 45
Invocation
02:22 - Chapter 46
Epilogue
03:24