| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford University Press on-line |
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Oxford University Press on-line
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| Contents |
INTRODUCTION; ONE: ""In Me Two Worlds At War"": Poetry and Politics, 1925-1940; TWO: Desire Going Forth and Returning: Poetry and Eros, 1940-1950; THREE: ""On Not Saying Everything"": Poetry and Thanatos, 1950-1972; AFTERWORD; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
The Oxford poets of the 1930s--W.H. Auden, C. Day Lewis, Stephen Spender, and Louis MacNeice--represented the first concerted British challenge to the domination of twentieth-century poetry by the innovations of American modernists such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams. Known for their radical politics and aesthetic conservatism, the "Auden Generation" has come to loom large in our map of twentieth century literary history. Yet Auden's voluble domination of the group in its brief period of association, and Auden's sway with critics ever since, has made it difficult to hear the others |
| Notes |
Erratum sheet inserted |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972 fast |
| Subject |
English literature -- Criticism and interpretation
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
96045410 |
| ISBN |
1423735846 |
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9781423735847 |
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9780195098631 |
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0195098633 |
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9786610451517 |
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6610451516 |
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