"The Map of All My Youth": Early Works, Friends, and Influences

by W. H. Auden, Nicholas Jenkins (Editor), Katherine Bucknell (Editor)

Overview

This is the first volume in a new series on the work of poet W.H. Auden. It includes a large amount of unpublished material by Auden, notably six poems written in German in the early 1930s, translated by the poet and David Constantine, and the complete version of his important early essay, "Writing," with a new foreword by its original editor, Naomi Mitchinson. Substantial selections from Auden's letters to Stephen Spender, E.R. Dodds, and Mrs. Dodds are presented with full annotation. Including essays about Auden, his mentors, and contemporaries by leading scholars in the field, and advice on collecting Auden's works, Auden Studies is indispensable for students, bibliophiles, and general readers interested in the great poet and his fellow writers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198129646
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/27/1990
Series:	Auden Studies , #1
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.69(w) x 8.81(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

the W. H. Auden Society

Editorial Reviews

"A welcome addition to the field....This is clearly an important and useful undertaking. Highly recommended for college, university, and public libraries."—Choice

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