Wystan and Chester: A Personal Memoir of W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman

by Thekla Clark

Book Overview

"(Clark's) portraits of both Auden and Kallman are truer, and, in a seemingly offhand manner, as penetrating as any of those by . . . other memoirist friends. . . . She perfectly catches the nuances... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231107064
• ISBN13: 9780231107068
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Thekla really loved them!

In her recent memoir of the time of her life that she spent with Wystan and Chester, Thekla Clark gives us an unassuming and very personal view of these two great characters of the 20th. century. Although I probably should'nt compare the two, it is a far more personal and approachable account than that of Richard Davenport-Hines' very bookish biography, which I have also just read.(Perhaps they should be read in series to balance things out a bit!) In any case, Thekla Clark's love for these two is apparent and charming, as her perception of the moralistic age in which they were forced to live. A must-read for any Audenophile or Kallmanist!