W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse by Auden, W. H.

W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590170892)

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W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse by Auden, W. H.

W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

$27.95
W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse by Auden, W. H.

W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

$27.95
Format: Paperback
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Auden's celebrated anthology of light verse is packed with surprising finds while also offering a striking rethinking of the poetic canon. Commissioned by Oxford University Press in the 1930s, when Auden's own work was at its boldest, the book caught its original publisher off guard. For it is less a collection of humorous verses than a celebration of the popular voice in English, in which the work of great satirists like Swift and Byron keeps company with ballads, chanteys, ditties, nursery rhymes, street calls, bathroom graffiti, epitaphs, folk songs, vaudeville turns, limericks, and blues. Turning away from the post-Romantic cult of the sentimental lyric, Auden features poetry that is clear, enjoyable, and, no matter its age, absolutely modern.

This new edition includes previously censored poems, together with Auden's remarkable introduction and a new preface by his literary executor, Edward Mendelson.

Author: W. H. Auden
ISBN-10: 159017089X
ISBN-13: 9781590170892
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2004
Pages: 553
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.02w x 1.25d
By W. H. Auden
By W. H. Auden
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W.H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English poet, playwright, and essayist who lived and worked in the United States for much of the second half of his life. His work, from his early strictly metered verse, and plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, to his later dense poems and penetrating essays, represents one of the major achievements of twentieth-century literature.

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