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Author Steedman, Carolyn, author.

Title Poetry for historians : or, W.H. Auden and history / Carolyn Steedman
Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018
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Contents Front matter; Contents; Introduction; Part I: History; Servant poets: An Ode on a Dishclout; W.H. Auden and the servants; The uses of Clio; An education; W.H. Auden and me; Caesura: a worker reads history and ahistorian writes poetry; Part II: Historiography; Makers of History; Homage to Clio; The Ridiculous Historian's Hopes; Conclusion; Permissions; Bibliography; Index
Summary This new 'history of history' uses the work of W.H. Auden to investigate the relationship between history and poetry
Analysis Civil War
Clio [the Muse of History]
Historia
Historiography
Homage to Clio
Muse of History
Poetry
Vai people
W. H. Auden
historical actors
history-teaching
history-writing
history
modern era
poetical maid
poetics
servant poets
social history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-282) and index
Subject Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 fast
Subject Poetry -- History and criticism.
History.
history (discipline)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
HISTORY -- Historiography.
History
Poetry
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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