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22%OFFW. H. Auden - The Complete Works of W. H. Auden, Volume V: Prose: 1963–1968 - 9780691151717 - V9780691151717
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The Complete Works of W. H. Auden, Volume V: Prose: 1963–1968

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Description for The Complete Works of W. H. Auden, Volume V: Prose: 1963–1968 Hardback. Editor(s): Mendelson, Professor Edward. Series: The Complete Works of W.H. Auden. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 243 x 41. Weight in Grams: 950.
This fifth volume of W. H. Auden's prose displays a great writer's mind in its full maturity of wisdom, learning, and emotional and moral intelligence. It contains his most personally revealing essays, the ones in which he wrote for the first time about the full history of his family life, his sexuality, and the development of his moral and religious beliefs. Among these works are the lightly disguised autobiographies that appear in long essays on the Protestant mystics and on Shakespeare's sonnets. The book also features the full text of his T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures, Secondary Worlds, and many ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
944g
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691151717
SKU
V9780691151717
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About W. H. Auden
Edward Mendelson is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His books include Early Auden, Later Auden, The Things That Matter, and Lives of the New York Intellectuals.

Reviews for The Complete Works of W. H. Auden, Volume V: Prose: 1963–1968
A NewStatesman Book of the Year for 2015, selected by Leo Robson One of Truthdig's 2015 Books of the Year "Stupendous collections... [The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose] is becoming one of the great achievements of current literary scholarship."
Fintan O'Toole, New York Review of Books "Wholly exemplary... Edward Mendelson deserves gratitude and unmitigated praise."
Seamus Perry, Times Literary Supplement "No ... Read more

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