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Selected Poems
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Selected Poems Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.912
EAN: 9780307278081
ISBN: 0307278085
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-02-13
Publisher: Vintage
Product Release Date: 2007-02-13
Studio: Vintage
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.912
EAN: 9780307278081
ISBN: 0307278085
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 384
Publication Date: 2007-02-13
Publisher: Vintage
Product Release Date: 2007-02-13
Studio: Vintage
Editorial Review of Selected Poems
This significantly expanded edition of W. H. Auden’s Selected Poems adds twenty poems to the hundred in the original edition, broadening its focus to better reflect the enormous wealth of form, rhetoric, tone, and content in Auden’s work. Newly included are such favorites as “Funeral Blues” and other works that represent Auden’s lighter, comic side, giving a fuller picture of the range of his genius. Also new are brief notes explaining references that may have become obscure to younger generations of readers and a revised introduction that draws on recent additions to knowledge about Auden.
As in the original edition, the new Selected Poems makes available the preferred original versions of some thirty poems that Auden revised later in life, making it the best source for enjoying the many facets of Auden’s art in one volume.
As in the original edition, the new Selected Poems makes available the preferred original versions of some thirty poems that Auden revised later in life, making it the best source for enjoying the many facets of Auden’s art in one volume.
Customer Reviews of Selected Poems
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Review Summary: For lovers of Auden's poetry
Review: W.H. Auden was a twentieth century English poet. He emphasized the individual, past and present, in their frail condition.
Auden's writing varied as to subject, style, and type as he aged. Love poems, politics, culture, morals, individuals; what a wealth of poetry the public has from Auden because of the number of years he lived and wrote. Twenty poems have been added to this expanded edition including some of Auden's lighter poems. This aids the reader, student, or lover of Auden to see a more complex, complete, fuller and well-rounded poet.
A nice touch within the volume was the inclusion of brief notes explaining references that might be unclear. Other positive features consisted of chronological arrangement of material, and an index of titles and first lines.
Armchair Interviews says: A must for all Auden students, whether a casual reader or lover of his poetry.
Review Summary: For lovers of Auden's poetry
Review: W.H. Auden was a twentieth century English poet. He emphasized the individual, past and present, in their frail condition.
Auden's writing varied as to subject, style, and type as he aged. Love poems, politics, culture, morals, individuals; what a wealth of poetry the public has from Auden because of the number of years he lived and wrote. Twenty poems have been added to this expanded edition including some of Auden's lighter poems. This aids the reader, student, or lover of Auden to see a more complex, complete, fuller and well-rounded poet.
A nice touch within the volume was the inclusion of brief notes explaining references that might be unclear. Other positive features consisted of chronological arrangement of material, and an index of titles and first lines.
Armchair Interviews says: A must for all Auden students, whether a casual reader or lover of his poetry.