{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-w-h-auden-9780307278081","title":"Selected Poems of W. H. Auden","description":"This significantly expanded edition of W. H. Auden's \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003eadds twenty poems to the hundred in the original edition, broadening its focus to better reflect the enormous wealth of form, rhetoric, tone, and content in Auden's work. Newly included are such favorites as \"Funeral Blues\" and other works that represent Auden's lighter, comic side, giving a fuller picture of the range of his genius. Also new are brief notes explaining references that may have become obscure to younger generations of readers and a revised introduction that draws on recent additions to knowledge about Auden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs in the original edition, the new \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems \u003c\/i\u003emakes available the preferred original versions of some thirty poems that Auden revised later in life, making it the best source for enjoying the many facets of Auden's art in one volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. H. Auden (1907-73) was born in York, England, and educated at Oxford. During the 1930s he was the leader of a left-wing literary group that included Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spender. With Isherwood he wrote three verse plays. He lived in Germany during the early days of Nazism, and was a stretcher-bearer for the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. Auden's first volume of poetry appeared in 1930. Later volumes include \u003ci\u003eSpain\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), \u003ci\u003eNew Year Letter\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eFor the Time Being\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eChristmas Oratorio\u003c\/i\u003e (1945), \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e (1947; Pulitzer Prize), \u003ci\u003eNones\u003c\/i\u003e (1951), \u003ci\u003eThe Shield of Achilles\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eHomage to Clio \u003c\/i\u003e(1960), \u003ci\u003eAbout the House\u003c\/i\u003e (1965), \u003ci\u003eEpistle of a Godson\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), and \u003ci\u003eThank You, Fog\u003c\/i\u003e (1974). His other works include the libretto, with his companion Chester Kallman, for Stravinsky's opera \u003ci\u003eThe Rake's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e (1953); \u003ci\u003eA Certain World: A Commonplace Book\u003c\/i\u003e (1970); and \u003ci\u003eThe Dyer's Hand and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e (1968). In 1939 Auden moved to the United States and became a citizen in 1946, and beginning that year taught at a number of American colleges and universities. From 1956 to 1961 he was professor of poetry at Oxford. Subsequently he lived in a number of countries, including Italy and Austria, and in 1971 he returned to England. He was awarded the National Medal for Literature in 1967.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613495169298,"sku":"9780307278081","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2dc66de-e60b-4495-a27f-125e74a5c850.jpg?v=1732404435","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-w-h-auden-9780307278081","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}