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