y separately published work icon Francis of Assisi : The Sun of Umbria. His Life Told in Verse and Prose single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 1981... 1981 Francis of Assisi : The Sun of Umbria. His Life Told in Verse and Prose
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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

  • Dedication: To the memory of Daniel Roberts.
  • 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).
  • Contains a publisher's note about Sansom's life and work.
  • 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
  • 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:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. i-iv)
Governante To Donna Picai"Dear Lord!", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Stablei"The Ass said, 'I remember:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Schoolmasteri"Indeed, a good, sound education", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
The Piazzai"It wakes to a chorus of bells, a birds' carillon;", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 6-8)
Packmani"Ay, a spare lad he were in them days,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
"Prince Bernadone"i"When, in the evening,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
The Other Francisi"But sometimes - when the gold sun lifts", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
The Battle of Collestradai""Arm!" - a trumpet shouted it across the rooftops", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
That Sun of Umbriai"That sun of Umbria,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
The Banquet in the Orchardi"Assisi's grey-pink walls are flushed", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 18-20)
Lute-Song to Lady Povertyi"My Lady Poverty!", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
The Leperi"In my opinion, nauseating and disgusting.", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 21-23)
The Priest of San Damianoi"No, Signore, I was no-one of consequence:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Pietro Di Bernardonei"I am ready, Borodino . . . Tell me -", Clive Sansom , single work poetry
Pietro Di Bernardone, father of St Francis, imprisons his son to discourage him from being a 'scarecrow priest'.
 (p. 25-26)
Donna Juanna Picai"You were France to me, the country I had lost:", Clive Sansom , single work poetry
Donna Juanna Pica, mother of St Francis, releases him from the captivity imposed by her husband Pietro Di Bernardone
 (p. 26)
Guido, Bishop of Assisii"A strange young fellow. Everything he does", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 27-29)
Songi"Now is the burden lifted,", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 30)
"Our Lady of the Angels"i"Long ago the forest had returned", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
The Blessing Beggari"Clean and respectable, lads - that's my motto!", Clive Sansom , single work poetry (p. 35-36)
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  • Also sound recording.
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