W.H. Auden: The Life of a Poet - Hardcover

Osborne, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151942862 ISBN 13: 9780151942862

Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979

Synopsis

Osborne, Charles, W.H. Auden: The Life Of A Poet

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Review:

W. H. Auden was one of the giants of 20th century English poetry. From his first poem in 1922 (written at the age of 15) to his death in 1973, Auden measured the current of our times in words. Charles Osborne paints a vivid portrait of Auden as only a close friend and experienced biographer could. Auden was a teacher, a performer, and a fearless talker. Besides poetry, he wrote learned articles, doggerel, and the librettos to operas by Igor Stravinsky and Benjamin Britten. Auden's social life was a virtual catalog of the literary lights of his day. The company Auden kept in New York, Oxford, and London makes his life story a window into the lives of many modern geniuses. Included are sixteen pages of photographs. W. H. Auden: The Life of a Poet opens for the reader the sometimes controversial, but always moving private life of an artist who took part in a dramatic literary movement. Auden's work still touches the soul. -- Midwest Book Review

From Publishers Weekly:

Drawing on his own long-standing friendship with Auden, Osborne's 1979 biography attempts to reveal the private self behind one of England's most admired 20th-century poets.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0151942862
• ISBN 13: 9780151942862
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336