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Twenty-eight poems by Auden. Includes many short poems.
This, the first chapter from Edward Mendelson's book "Later Auden," analyses the poem "In Memory of W.B. Yeats."
A review of Auden's collection of essays, by the poet John Berryman.
Auden's Lectures on Shakespeare (ed. Arthur Kirsch), reviewed for the London Review of Books by Frank Kermode.
Text, discussion of the correct title, and scans of the original published version of this Auden poem.
Text of this Auden poem. First line: "Law, say the gardeners, is the sun".
Discussion of Stravinsky's Opera, "The Rake's Progress", for which Auden wrote the libretto.
Recordings of Auden reading two poems, "Under Which Lyre" and "Law Like Love". Available in mp3 and RealMedia formats.
Texts of poems that have been set to music by Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten and others, including "Lullaby", "Nocturne" and "Elegy for JFK".
Auden's poem at American Digest.
Text of "In Praise of Limestone" and three short poems.
One of Auden's earliest poems.
Text of "In Praise of Limestone" and three short poems.
Recordings of Auden reading two poems, "Under Which Lyre" and "Law Like Love". Available in mp3 and RealMedia formats.
A review of Auden's collection of essays, by the poet John Berryman.
Texts of poems that have been set to music by Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten and others, including "Lullaby", "Nocturne" and "Elegy for JFK".
Discussion of Stravinsky's Opera, "The Rake's Progress", for which Auden wrote the libretto.
Twenty-eight poems by Auden. Includes many short poems.
Text of this Auden poem. First line: "Law, say the gardeners, is the sun".
Auden's poem at American Digest.
Auden's Lectures on Shakespeare (ed. Arthur Kirsch), reviewed for the London Review of Books by Frank Kermode.
One of Auden's earliest poems.
Text, discussion of the correct title, and scans of the original published version of this Auden poem.
This, the first chapter from Edward Mendelson's book "Later Auden," analyses the poem "In Memory of W.B. Yeats."