In Excelsis - Free Audiobook

In Excelsis - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Lord Alfred Douglas,

Language: English

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18 Chapter(s)
  • 1. Preface
  • 2. Sonnet I
  • 3. Sonnet II
  • 4. Sonnet III
  • 5. Sonnet IV
  • 6. Sonnet V
  • 7. Sonnet VI
  • 8. Sonnet VII
  • 9. Sonnet VIII
  • 10. Sonnet IX
  • 11. Sonnet X
  • 12. Sonnet XI
  • 13. Sonnet XII
  • 14. Sonnet XIII
  • 15. Sonnet XIV
  • 16. Sonnet XV
  • 17. Sonnet XVI
  • 18. Epilogue

About

In 1924, Lord Alfred Douglas was sued by Winston Churchill after he alleged that the politician had been part of a Jewish-backed conspiracy to commit various acts of wartime misconduct. Douglas lost the case and was jailed for six months. During his time at Wormwood Scrubs, Douglas wrote a sonnet sequence that he would title In Excelsis (in the highest), a reversal of the title of the prison letter written by his former lover, Oscar Wilde (De Profundis - from the depths). Douglas claims in the preface to the volume that the poems are spiritual in nature. They also include poorly disguised attacks on Wilde and support for anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. (Rob Marland)

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