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W.H. Auden, a biography /

Relates events and anecdotes of the poet's life, based on his journal, notebooks, and letters.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carpenter, Humphrey (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company., 1981.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Auden, W. H. > (Wystan Hugh), > 1907-1973.
Poets, English > 20th century > Biography.
Auden > Wystan H.
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), > 1907-1973 > Biographie.
Poètes anglais > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Poets, English.
Auden, Wystan H. > 1907-1973
Gay poets > England > 20th century > Biography.
Auden, Wystan H.
1900-1999
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Auden and biography
  • Part one: England
  • Childhood
  • School
  • Poetry
  • Oxford
  • Berlin
  • Schoolmaster
  • Traveller
  • Part two: America
  • and Europe
  • 'Chester, my chum'
  • Conversion
  • Crisis
  • Teacher again
  • Ichia
  • 'A minor Atlantic Goethe'
  • Return to England.