Reading Auden : The Returns of Caliban / John R. Boly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boly, John R., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973--Criticism and interpretation.

Auden, W. H.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Reading Auden is the first book to consider the poetry of W. H. Auden from the perspective of his own theory of the text, rather than that of the romantic norms he deliberately rejected. According to John R. Boly, Auden departs from the romantics in approaching the poem not as a means of expressing an emotion or conveying an idea but as a game whose goal is the continuous transformation of its own rules of play.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations of Works Cited

Introduction: Reading Auden

CHAPTER ONE. Homage to a Legend

CHAPTER TWO. Psychosomatic Lessons

CHAPTER THREE. Effigies and Auditors

CHAPTER FOUR. The Enemies of Promise

CHAPTER FIV.E Orators and Others: Auden 's Civic Voices

CHAPTER SIX. A Necessary Angel

CHAPTER SEVEN. The Returns of Caliban

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501745522

1501745522

OCLC:

1129148161