Title Auden's Apologies for Poetry

Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (197 pages) Series Princeton Legacy Library Princeton legacy library. Contents Cover -- Contents Summary Common wisdom has it that when Auden left England for New York in January 1939, he had already written his best poems. He left behind (most critics believe) all the idealisms of the 1930s and all serious concerns to become an unserious poet, a writer of ingenious, agreeable, minor lyrics. Lucy McDiarmid argues that such readers, spoiled by the simple intensities of apocalypse, distort and misjudge Auden's greatest work. She shows that once Auden was freed from the obligation to criticize and reform the society of his native country, he devoted his imaginative energies to commentary on art Notes Cover; Contents Print version record Subject Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Aesthetics SUBJECT Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Aesthetics Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 fast Subject Poetry. poetry. POETRY -- American -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry. Aesthetics Poetry Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781400860845 1400860849

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