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W. H. Auden Encyclopedia / David Garrett Izzo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Izzo, David Garrett, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Encyclopedias.
- Auden, W. H.
- Poets, English--20th century--Biography--Encyclopedias.
- Poets, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (305 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- W.H. Auden's life and work were perhaps best explained and condensed in the words of Edward Mendelson, Auden's literary executor, when he remarked, ""[Auden] grew up in a household in which the scientific inquiries of his father maintained an uneasy truce with the ritualized religion of his mother."" Indeed, science and religion were dominant themes in Auden's life and work, which for him were oftentimes one and the same. Auden was hailed as the new T.S. Eliot and as the ""coming"" man, greatly influencing the future generations of angry young men with his thoughts on science, religion, and th
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chronology; The Encyclopedia; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-7864-7999-X
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