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Poems of Conformity

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) (2 hr 44 min)

Chapters

Proserpina

2:40

Troy

4:49

At Dawn

3:27

Ballade of Building

1:45

Ballade of a Street Door

1:47

Ballade of Numbers

1:55

The Clerk

1:02

Richmond Park

1:45

Inland Travel

1:36

Conformity

6:19

Emigravit

0:39

May 20th, 1915

2:05

Hope

1:06

Endings

1:35

Song

0:48

Song of Opposites

2:05

Song of Implications

1:38

Marriage

1:07

Sonnets

14:22

On Pilgrimage

1:11

In the Land of Juda

0:58

Gratia Plena

2:03

Presentation

2:29

Orthodoxy

2:36

Ecclesia Docens

3:41

Commentaries

11:31

Michaelmas

1:31

Black Letter Days

6:30

Churches

6:42

The Christian Year

10:48

Ascension

2:15

The Continuing Doctrine

1:35

Mater Dei

2:58

Quicunque Vult

0:54

The Assumption

1:27

Christmas

4:54

The Epiphany

5:42

Hot Cross Buns

2:54

At Easter

2:03

Pentecost

3:42

The Repose of Our Lady: A Dirge

7:33

The Wars

9:17

The City of Man

2:31

Ode for Easter Morning

8:02

Invocation

2:22

Epilogue

3:24