Early Auden, later Auden : a critical biography

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Early Auden, later Auden : a critical biography

Title remainder

a critical biography

Statement of responsibility

Edward Mendelson

Creator

• Mendelson, Edward

Author

• Mendelson, Edward

Subject

• Auden, Wystan H, 1907-1973
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Drama
• Auden, W. H., (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
• Literaturwissenschaft
• Lyrik
• LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry
• Auden, W. H., (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"Presented in one volume for the very first time, and updated with new archival discoveries, Early Auden, Later Auden reintroduces Edward Mendelson's acclaimed, two-part biography of W.H. Auden (1907-73), one of the greatest literary figures of the twentieth century. This book offers a detailed history and interpretation of Auden's oeuvre, spanning the duration of his career from juvenilia to his final works in poetry as well as theatre, film, radio, opera, essays, and lectures. Early Auden, Later Auden begins with Auden's emigration from England to the United States. The book follows the evolution of his thought, offering a comparison of the poet's views at various junctures over a lifetime. With penetrating insight, Mendelson examines Auden's early ideas, methods, and personal transitions as reflected in poems, manuscripts and private papers. The book then links changes in Auden's intellectual, emotional and religious experience with his shifting public role--showing the depth of his personal struggles with self and with fame, and the means by which these internal conflicts were reflected in his art in later years."--

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Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 821/.912
• B

Index

index present

LC call number

PR6001.U4

LC item number

Z7584 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography