W. H. Auden (Twayne's United States Authors Series) - Hardcover

Wright, George T.

9780805773460: W. H. Auden (Twayne's United States Authors Series)

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ISBN 10: 0805773460 ISBN 13: 9780805773460

Publisher: Twayne Pub, 1982

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An analysis of Auden's works which attempts to explain the many changes in the poet's style, expression, and thoughts

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From the Back Cover:

"Fuller's book is a deeply impressive and valuable achievement that has no real equal in the critical literature on any modern poet. It explains thousands of allusions in all of Auden's plays and poems--and covers virtually all of Auden's published work, not only the poems that he collected. But it is not simply the work of a source-hunter. It is the work of a scholar and successful poet, who can write illuminatingly about verse form and poetic tone as well as about sources and influences. In almost every case, Fuller makes the poems he writes about more enjoyable to read, not merely more comprehensible. It is an astonishingly full guide to reading and research that will remain the main reference work on Auden for many decades."--Edward Mendelson, Editor of The Complete Works of W. H. Auden (Princeton).

About the Author:

John Fuller is a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he teaches English. He is also a poet and novelist. His collection Stones and Fires won the 1996 Forward Prize and his Collected Poems also appeared recently.

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