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Early Auden, later Auden : a critical biography / Edward Mendelson.

by Mendelson, Edward, author.

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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, c2017.

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation.

9780691172491 (paperback : acid-free paper)

0691172498 (paperback : acid-free paper)

xiv, 895 pages ; 22 cm

"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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