{"product_id":"making-of-the-auden-canon-joseph-warren-beach-9780816660223","title":"Making of the Auden canon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaking of the Auden canon\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1957. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo poet writing in English is more representative of the intellectual trends of the thirties and forties than W. H. Auden. British born, Oxford educated, American by naturalization, and now returned to Oxford to occupy the chair of poetry, he is widely regarded as the spiritual guide and keeper of the conscience of the age, at the same time that he exemplifies the gradual passage from ideological left to right so characteristic of the period. This study of Auden's poetry and revisions has far-reaching implications for an understanding not only of Auden's own writing but that of his contemporaries as well.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering that 1945 \u003ci\u003eCollected Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e as the Auden canon, or authorized version of the poems, Mr. Beach examines the process by which Auden selected poems to be admitted to the canon. He shows that the poet eliminated many that were at odds with his later style and thought, discreetly revised others to bring them into line, and, at the same time, left unaltered some of the pieces from his unregenerate days. Auden's system of selection and revision reflects the winding course of his thought, and, by tracing this course, Mr. Beach endeavors to penetrate the poet's diverse masks in an effort to get at the identity of t he man himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Warren Beach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816660220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816660223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Joseph Warren Beach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425086324991,"sku":"9780816660223","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_008314fe-0d1a-4cd9-8c56-e171f39e111d.jpg?v=1761536915","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-of-the-auden-canon-joseph-warren-beach-9780816660223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}