W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955 (The Complete Works of W.H. Auden)

by W. H. Auden
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This volume contains all of W.

Auden's prose works from 1949 through 1955, including many little-known essays that exemplify his range, wit, depth, and wisdom.

The book includes the complete text of Auden's first separately published prose book, The.

Format
816 pages, Hardcover
First published
December 20, 2007
Publishers
Princeton University Press
Subjects
Other prose·From c 1900 ·20th century american prose·Auden·W h ·1907-1973·Literary collections·Literature·Classics·Criticism·English·Literature·Classics·Usa·American·General·English·Irish·Scottish·Welsh·A
Language
English

Thank you for your role, along with lit executor Edward Mendelson, the publisher, the entire online crew through all recent years, computer makers, Amazon, lit reviewers -- everybody interlinked in this wide culture Auden himself never saw coming -- for helping to keep alive and distributed Auden's great centrality in what we have left of a culture otherwise besieged and gone mad to the numeracy and ethics-blind of silo "higher ed," standardized testing K-12, lawyers, lusters of war, bankers, financiers, realtors, and all others from the biz ed depraved.

W. H. Auden

About W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (February 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973) was an English-American poet, often cited as one of the most influential English-speaking writers of the XX century. He was born in York and grew up in Birmingham. In 1939, W. H. Auden emigrated to the United States; he acquired US citizenship in 1946....

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