The Island: War and Belonging in Auden's England

by Nicholas Jenkins and Nicholas Jenkins

A groundbreaking reassessment of W. H. Auden's early life and poetry, shedding new light on his artistic development as well as on his shifting beliefs about political belonging in interwar England.

From his first poems in 1922 to the publication of his landmark collection On This Island in the mid-1930s, W. H. Auden wrestled with the meaning of Englishness. His early works are prized for their psychological depth, yet Nicholas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674025229
• ISBN13: 9780674025226
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"