W.H. Auden: A Commentary

by John Fuller and George T Wright

Book Overview

This is an indispensable reference guide to the works of one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. W. H. Auden's writing is notoriously complex--full of puzzling allusions and shaped by influences as diverse as Old English poetry and Auden's own theory of psychosomatic illness. To help readers understand Auden's work, the poet and scholar John Fuller examines all of Auden's published poems, plays, and libretti, leaving out only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691070490
• ISBN13: 9780691070490
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 5.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"