The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940-1973
The second of two volumes of the eagerly anticipated first complete edition of Auden’s poems—including some that have never been published before

W. H. Auden (1907–1973) is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, and his reputation has only grown since his death. Published on the hundredth anniversary of the year in which he began to write poetry, this is the second volume of the first complete edition of Auden’s poems. Edited, introduced, and annotated by renowned Auden scholar Edward Mendelson, this definitive edition includes all the poems Auden wrote for publication, in their original texts, and all his later revised versions, as well as poems and songs he never published, some of them printed here for the first time.

This volume follows Auden as a mature artist, containing all the poems that he published or submitted for publication from 1940 until his death in 1973, at age sixty-six. This includes all his poetry collections from this period, from The Double Man (1941) through Epistle to a Godson (1972). The volume also features an edited version of his incomplete, posthumous book Thank You, Fog, as well as his self-designated “posthumous” poems.

The main text presents the poems in their original published versions. The notes include the extensive revisions that he made to his poems over the course of his career, and provide explanations of obscure references.

The first volume of this edition, Poems, Volume I: 1927–1939, is also available.

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The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940-1973
The second of two volumes of the eagerly anticipated first complete edition of Auden’s poems—including some that have never been published before

W. H. Auden (1907–1973) is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, and his reputation has only grown since his death. Published on the hundredth anniversary of the year in which he began to write poetry, this is the second volume of the first complete edition of Auden’s poems. Edited, introduced, and annotated by renowned Auden scholar Edward Mendelson, this definitive edition includes all the poems Auden wrote for publication, in their original texts, and all his later revised versions, as well as poems and songs he never published, some of them printed here for the first time.

This volume follows Auden as a mature artist, containing all the poems that he published or submitted for publication from 1940 until his death in 1973, at age sixty-six. This includes all his poetry collections from this period, from The Double Man (1941) through Epistle to a Godson (1972). The volume also features an edited version of his incomplete, posthumous book Thank You, Fog, as well as his self-designated “posthumous” poems.

The main text presents the poems in their original published versions. The notes include the extensive revisions that he made to his poems over the course of his career, and provide explanations of obscure references.

The first volume of this edition, Poems, Volume I: 1927–1939, is also available.

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The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940-1973

The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940-1973

The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940-1973

The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Poems, Volume II: 1940-1973

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The second of two volumes of the eagerly anticipated first complete edition of Auden’s poems—including some that have never been published before

W. H. Auden (1907–1973) is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century, and his reputation has only grown since his death. Published on the hundredth anniversary of the year in which he began to write poetry, this is the second volume of the first complete edition of Auden’s poems. Edited, introduced, and annotated by renowned Auden scholar Edward Mendelson, this definitive edition includes all the poems Auden wrote for publication, in their original texts, and all his later revised versions, as well as poems and songs he never published, some of them printed here for the first time.

This volume follows Auden as a mature artist, containing all the poems that he published or submitted for publication from 1940 until his death in 1973, at age sixty-six. This includes all his poetry collections from this period, from The Double Man (1941) through Epistle to a Godson (1972). The volume also features an edited version of his incomplete, posthumous book Thank You, Fog, as well as his self-designated “posthumous” poems.

The main text presents the poems in their original published versions. The notes include the extensive revisions that he made to his poems over the course of his career, and provide explanations of obscure references.

The first volume of this edition, Poems, Volume I: 1927–1939, is also available.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780691219301
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 06/14/2022
Series: The Complete Works of W. H. Auden , #2
Pages: 1120
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 2.80(d)

About the Author

Edward Mendelson is the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and the Literary Executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden. His books include Moral Agents, The Things That Matter, and Early Auden, Later Auden.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Poems 1940-1973

The Double Man 3

Other Poems 1940-1944 117

For the Time Being 123

Poems First Collected in The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden 223

The Age of Anxiety 263

Other Poems 1945-1950 339

Nones 345

Other Published and Posthumous Poems 1951-1973 395

The Shield of Achilles 401

Homage to Clio 445

About the House 501

City without Walls 561

Academic Graffiti 631

Epistle to a Godson 645

Thank You, Fog 689

Appendices

1 Collected and Selected Editions 717

II Auden's Choices for Anthologies 749

III Published Recordings 754

IV Poems Abandoned before Publication 760

V A List of Auden's Translations 764

Textual Notes

The Double Man 782

Other Poems 1940-1944 834

For the Time Being 835

Poems First Collected in The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden 868

The Age of Anxiety 892

Other Poems 1945-1950 912

Nones 914

Other Published and Posthumous Poems 1951-1973 941

The Shield of Achilles 946

Homage to Clio 971

About the House 995

City without Walls 1022

Academic Graffiti 1055

Epistle to a Godson 1057

Thank You, Fog 1083

Index of Titles and First Lines 1095

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