W. H. Auden: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- contribution to English literature
- influence on Hayden
association with
- Britten
- Paley
- In Grace Paley
authorship of
- “Age of Anxiety, The”
- “Ascent of F6, The”
- “Homage to Clio”
- “Musée des Beaux Arts”
- “September 1, 1939”
comment on
- novel
- In novel
- Praed
use of
- allegory
- strong-stress metre
Additional Reading
Charles Osborne, W.H. Auden: The Life of a Poet (1979); and Humphrey Carpenter, W.H. Auden: A Biography (1981), are the fullest biographies. Full information about criticism of Auden’s works (as well as about their publication) may be found in B.C. Bloomfield and Edward Mendelson, W.H. Auden: A Bibliography, 1924–1969, 2nd ed. (1972); it may be supplemented by Martin E. Gingerich, W.H. Auden: A Reference Guide (1977). Selections of criticism may be found in Monroe K. Spears (ed.), Auden: A Collection of Critical Essays (1964); and John Haffenden (ed.), W.H. Auden: The Critical Heritage (1983). The most useful full-length critical studies are George T. Wright, W.H. Auden, rev. ed. (1981); Edward Callan, Auden: A Carnival of Intellect (1983); Edward Mendelson, Early Auden (1981); John Fuller, A Reader’s Guide to W.H. Auden (1970); Herbert Greenberg, Quest for the Necessary (1968); and John G. Blair, The Poetic Art of W.H. Auden (1965). Monroe K. Spears, The Poetry of W.H. Auden (1963), remains the most critical comprehensive account. Joseph W. Beach, The Making of the Auden Canon (1957, reissued 1971), analyzes Auden’s procedure in compiling his Collected Poetry (1945) and Collected Shorter Poems (1950).
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Article History
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Invalidated site: Academia - Humanitarian Concerns of W.H. Auden. | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Academia - W. H. Auden's Wisdom, Faith, and Humor (PDF). | Dec 21, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Official Site of W. H. Auden Society. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Royal Society of Literature - W.H. Auden. | Sep 28, 2024 | ||
Anniversary information added. | Sep 25, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: The Guardian - In praise of a guilty genius. | May 20, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: Academia - Humanitarian Concerns of W.H. Auden. | Apr 10, 2024 | ||
Anniversary information added. | Feb 17, 2024 | ||
First paragraph modernization. | Feb 13, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: The New York Times - The Poet Himself. | Jan 06, 2024 | ||
Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - The Messy Genius of W. H. Auden. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: The Pulitzer Prizes - W.H. Auden and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. | May 12, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of W. H. Auden. | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
Add new Web site: British Library - W. H. Auden. | Sep 09, 2022 | ||
Add new Web site: British Library - W H Auden. | Mar 07, 2022 | ||
Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of W. H. Auden. | Jan 10, 2019 | ||
Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
Add new Web site: The Poetry Archive - Biography of W. H. Auden. | Apr 10, 2015 | ||
Add new Web site: Poetry Foundation - Biography of W. H. Auden. | Nov 30, 2012 | ||
Added "Wystan Hugh Auden" as a title variant. | Feb 17, 2012 | ||
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Wystan Hugh Auden. | Feb 04, 2007 | ||
Added new Web site: Academy of American Poets - Biography of W. H. Auden. | Jul 13, 2006 | ||
Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |