Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume I: 1927-1939 by W. H. Auden

Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume I: 1927-1939

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Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume I: 1927-1939 by W. H. Auden
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Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume I: 1927-1939

Princeton University Press

Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume I: 1927-1939

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The first of two volumes of the eagerly anticipated first complete edition of Auden's poems--including some that have never been published before

W. H. Auden (1907-1973) is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, and his reputation has only grown since his death. Published on the hundredth anniversary of the year in which he began to write poetry, this is the first of two volumes of the first complete edition of Auden's poems. Edited, introduced, and annotated by renowned Auden scholar Edward Mendelson, this definitive edition includes all the poems Auden wrote for publication, in their original texts, and all his later revised versions, as well as poems and songs he never published, some of them printed here for the first time.

This volume traces the development of Auden's early career, and contains all the poems, including juvenilia, that he published or submitted for publication, from his first printed work, in 1927, at age twenty, through the poems he wrote during his first months in America, in 1939, when he was thirty-two. The book also includes poems that Auden wrote during his adult career with the expectation that he might publish them, but which he never did; song lyrics that he wrote to be set to music by Benjamin Britten, but which he never put into print; and verses that he wrote for magazines at schools where he was teaching.

The main text presents the poems in their original published versions. The notes include the extensive revisions that he made to his poems over the course of his career, and provide explanations of obscure references.

The second volume of this edition, Poems, Volume 2: 1940-1973, is also available.
Book Details
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
ISBN:
9780691219295
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
848
Authors:
W. H. Auden
Published Date:
2022-06-14
Language:
English
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About W. H. Auden

One of the leading English-language poets of the twentieth century, W. H. Auden (1907–1973) was born in York, England, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he befriended Stephen Spender and Christopher Isherwood. The 1930 publication of Poems established him as the defining voice of a new generation. He traveled to Iceland, China, and Spain during the Civil War, then emigrated to the United States in 1939 and became an American citizen. The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry came in 1948 for The Age of Anxiety. Auden served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1954 until his death and divided his later years between New York City and Austria. He died in Vienna on September 29, 1973.

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