W.H.Auden by Humphrey Carpenter

W.H.Auden by Humphrey Carpenter

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Quoting much of Auden's correspondence for the first time, as well as drawing on other rare material, this biography traces the artistic development of an influential English poet, explaining the in-jokes in his early work, and the romantic crisis that inspired his last three long poems.

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W.H.Auden by Humphrey Carpenter

Few of W. H. Auden's friends adhered to his request to burn his letters after he died. Humphrey Carpenter's study quotes much of this correspondence for the first time, as well as drawing on other such rare material as Auden's unpublished verse, juvenilia, notebooks, and the journal the young poet kept during a stay in Berlin. This biography traces the artistic development of the most influential English poet of his generation, explaining the in-jokes in his early work, and the romantic crisis that inspired his last three long poems.
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ISBN 13 9780192829153
ISBN 10 0192829157
Title W.H.Auden
Author Humphrey Carpenter
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 1992-12-01
Number of pages 507
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