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A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncrowned King of Bohemia," as his friends called him, published this work against much public criticism. Summary by Assaf Koss.<br><br><b>Cast List for The Triumph of Bohemia</b><br><br>Narrator: MaryAnn<br>Spirit of Bohemia: Kristin Gjerløw<br>Mammon: David Lawrence<br>Spirit of Time: Ian King<br>Spirit of the North-Wind: Larry Wilson<br>Spirit of the East-Wind, Second Tree Spirit: April Walters<br>Spirit of the West-Wind: Mary Kay<br>Spirit of Fire: Shakira Searle<br>First Woodman: Beth Thomas<br>Second Woodman, Spirit of the South-Wind: James Koss<br>First Tree Spirit: ToddHW<br>Third Tree Spirit: Lydia

This is a 1916 volume of poetry by George Sterling, split into four parts. The first part consists of 33 of the fantastic poems for which Sterling was so famous, followed by three poems on the Panama-Pacific Exposition and four Personal Poems, and concluded with 43 poems on the then ongoing First World War. - Summary by Carolin

This is a 1911 volume of poems by California poet George Sterling. Sterling was a particularly celebrated poet during his life time in California, though his fame remained local and hardly spread to the other shore of the United States, let alone to Europe. There were good reasons for this fame, however, as is demonstrated by this volume of particularly beautiful and evocative poetry. - Summary by Carolin

This is the first published volume of poetry by Californian author and poet George Sterling. These poems are the beginning of Sterling's great career as a poet, and include a number of poems in the style for which he would become famous. That style is dark and with supernatural elements, in the tradition of Thomas Hood and Edgar Allan Poe. - Summary by Carolin

George Sterling was born on Long Island, New York but spent most of his life in California where he had a successful career in business and finance. In later years he settled in the small coastal community of Carmel-by-the-Sea. <br><br> Sterling's poetry was strongly influenced by the natural environment of Northern California, which was still largely unspoilt in his day, and particularly by the proximity of the vast Pacific Ocean. <br><br> (Summary by Alan Mapstone)