W. H. Auden

Name: W. H. Auden
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By W.H. Auden

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In this volume, a contemporary poet curates a selection of W. H. Auden's verses, accompanied by personal and critical reflections. W. H. Auden, born in York in 1907, emerged as a leading figure in twentieth-century poetry with his first collection Poems published by T. S. Eliot at Faber and Faber in 1930. His prolific output, including poetry, plays, essays, and libretti, showcases his continual experimentation and masterful craftsmanship.
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This collection is ideal for readers who appreciate modern poetry, students and scholars of twentieth-century literature, and anyone interested in the enduring influence of one of the century’s most innovative poets.

In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past

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In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their introductions, the selectors offer a passionate and accessible introduction to some of the greatest poets in history.

W. H. Auden was born in York in 1907. His first full-length collection, Poems, was published by T. S. Eliot at Faber and Faber in 1930. The many volumes he published thereafter included poetry, plays, essays and libretti, and his ceaseless experimentation, consummate craftsmanship and originality established him as one of the most influential poets of the twentieth century. He died in 1973.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571226719

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Edited by John Fuller
Edited by James Fenton
Edited by James Fenton
Edited by James Fenton

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 120.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 90g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry W.H. Auden

About the Author

W. H. Auden was born in York in 1907, and brought up in Birmingham. He went to Christ Church College, Oxford, where Stephen Spender privately printed a booklet of his poems. After university he lived for a time in Berlin, before returning to England to teach. His first book, Poems, was published by T. S. Eliot at Faber in 1930. Other volumes of poems and plays followed during the 1930s. He went to Spain during the civil war, to Iceland (with Louis MacNeice) and later travelled to China. In 1939 he and Christopher Isherwood left for America, where Auden spent the next fifteen years lecturing, reviewing, writing poetry and opera librettos, and editing anthologies. He became an American citizen in 1946, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948. In 1956 he was elected Professor of Poetry at Oxford, and a year later went to live in Kirchstetten in Austria, after spending several summers on Ischia. He died in Vienna in 1973.

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