W. H. Auden

A Commentary
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-691-07049-0
Verlag: Princeton University Press

Buch, Englisch, 640 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1018 g

This is an indispensable reference guide to the works of one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. W. H. Auden's writing is notoriously complex--full of puzzling allusions and shaped by influences as diverse as Old English poetry and Auden's own theory of psychosomatic illness. To help readers understand Auden's work, the poet and scholar John Fuller examines all of Auden's published poems, plays, and libretti, leaving out only some juvenilia. In unprecedented detail, he reviews the works' publishing history, paraphrases difficult passages, and explains allusions. He points out interesting variants (including material abandoned in drafts), identifies sources, looks at verse forms, and offers critical interpretations. Along the way, he presents a wealth of facts about Auden's works and life that are available in no other publication.The book is a major revision of Fuller's critically acclaimed Reader's Guide to Auden, published in 1970. It contains more than twice the material of that earlier volume. Fuller organizes the book on the basis of the individual collections that Auden himself originally published, with sections of "uncollected" work interwoven. Clear, meticulously researched, and carefully designed for ease of use, it is an essential guide for anyone interested in Auden's remarkable and sometimes elusive writing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fuller, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ForewordAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPoems (1928)3Paid on Both Sides18Uncollected Poems 1925-3036Poems (1930)52Poems (1933)78The Orators85The Dance of Death123The Dog Beneath the Skin126Look, Stranger!145Uncollected Poems 1930-36178The Ascent of F6193Letters from Iceland202Alfred225Hadrian's Wall227Journey to a War230On the Frontier245Another Time249Uncollected Poems 1937-39296The Dark Valley305Paul Bunyan308The Double Man319For the Time Being345The Sea and the Mirror356The Age of Anxiety369Poems first published in the Collected Poetry (1945)388Nones405Uncollected Poems 1940-48431The Rake's Progress436Delia440The Shield of Achilles443Homage to Clio463Elegy for Young Lovers481About the House484The Bassarids504City Without Walls508Academic Graffiti527Epistle to a Godson529Thank You, Fog544Uncollected Poems 1949-73554Index of Titles and First Lines558General Index575