This book contains all the essays and reviews that W. H. Auden
wrote during the years when he was living in England, and also
includes the full original versions of his two illustrated travel
books, "Letters from Iceland "(written in collaboration with Louis
MacNeice) and "Journey to a War" (written in collaboration with
Christopher Isherwood). Auden's early prose ranges from extravagant
indiscreet travel diaries through sharply observed critiques of
writers from John Skelton to Winston Churchill. It includes studies
of Communism and Christianity; audaciously wide-ranging essays on
literature, psychology, and politics; and writings about gossip,
sex, prisons, and schools.
The editor's notes include explanations of contemporary and
private allusions. The long "Last Will and Testament" written in
verse by Auden and MacNeice, which Evelyn Waugh described as a
"gossip column," is annotated in full. The book will interest not
only Auden's many admirers, but everyone concerned with
twentieth-century literature and culture.
About the series:
In 1928, Stephen Spender hand-printed thirty copies of a small
volume of poems by his friend W. H. Auden--the first published book
by a man who was to become the dominant literary figure of his
generation and one of the century's greatest poets. Sixty years
later, Princeton University Press inaugurated an edition of the
complete works of Auden, which is intended to serve as the
definitive text for all the works Auden published or intended to
publish in the form in which he expected to see them printed: his
plays and other drama, libretti, essays and reviews, and poems.
"The Complete Works of W. H. Auden" will provide a unique
opportunity to solve the numerous textual problems connected with
the severe revisions Auden made in his own works. The texts are
newly edited from Auden's manuscripts by Edward Mendelson, the
literary executor of the Auden estate.
General
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden |
| Release date: |
February 1997 |
| First published: |
February 1997 |
| Authors: |
W.H Auden
|
| Editors: |
Edward Mendelson
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 152 x 60mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
|
| Pages: |
880 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-06803-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-691-06803-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780691068039 |
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