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The Portable Greek Reader: 2 - Hardcover

Book 10 of 19: Portable Library

Auden, W. H.

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Synopsis

Sept.1948 1st Ediwith Good restored DJ, Selected, Edited, and with an Introduction by W.H. Auden The Portable Greek Reader: The Culture of Greece Homer to Galen. Publisher: Publisher: Viking Press (New York, NY) (First Edition) (Hardcover (September 1948). The Culture of Greece seen through its greatest writers from Homer to Galen -- in the best English translations, Selected, Edited, and with an Introduction by W. H. Auden; Printed in USA by The Colonial Press Inc.); Size: 4.7w x 6.8 x 1.3 inches.[12w x 17.2 x 3.3 cm]. x+726 pp;

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About the Author

W.H. Auden was born in 1907 and went to Oxford University, where he became Professor of Poetry from 1956 to 1960. After the publication of his Poems in 1930, he became the acknowledged leader of the 'thirties poets'. His poetic output was prolific, and he also wrote verse plays in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, with whom he visited china. In 1946 he became a U.S. citizen. He died in 1973.

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