The Shield of Achilles

by W.H. Auden

Back in print for the first time in decades, Auden's National Book Award-winning poetry collection, in a critical edition that introduces it to a new generation of readers

The Shield of Achilles, which won the National Book Award in 1956, may well be W. H. Auden's most important, intricately designed, and unified book of poetry. In addition to its famous title poem, which reimagines Achilles's shield for the modern age,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069121865X
• ISBN13: 9780691218656
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"