W. H. Auden
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From one of the great modern writers, the acclaimed lectures, in which he draws on a lifetime of experience to take the measure of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets
"W. H. Auden, poet and critic, will conduct a course on Shakespeare at the New School for Social Research beginning Wednesday. Mr. Auden... proposes to read all Shakespeare's plays in chronological order." So, the New York Times reported on September 27, 1946, giving notice of a rare opportunity...
3) De profundis
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A new edition of the stirring, powerful final work of Oscar Wilde, this gay classic is being published on the 100th anniversary of his death.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The poet W. H. Auden selected this collection of Van Gogh's personal letters as those which addressed the most important fact of his life: that he was a painter of pictures-pictures that changed the direction of modern art. This selection is confined to Van Gogh's reflections on the art of painting and the problems of being a painter. The letters to his family members are included insofar as they reflect on his life as a painter.-Print ed.
13) W.H. Auden
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Featuring commentary by J. D. McClatchy, exclusive archival material, and detailed biographies, Random House Audio Voices presents The Voice of the Poet series, a collection of legendary 20th century American poets reading their own work. Here, listeners experience the encyclopedic and stylistic poetry of W. H. Auden.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
This volume - Mr. Auden's first collection of new poems since About the House (1965) - reveals the continuing development of one of the most remarkable poetic voices of our time. Mr. Auden's new book opens on a note of dread and anger, though touched with irony, and concludes with a prologue which celebrates the well-remembered world that made him, acknowledges with some affection the city that now houses him, and prays that he and an increasingly...
Author
Series
A Viking Compass book volume C412
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English