Poetic Art of W.H. Auden

by John G. Blair

Overview

Attempts to isolate and describe the characteristic poetic mode in which Auden has worked for more than thirty years.

Originally published in 1965.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691623665
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	12/08/2015
Series:	Princeton Legacy Library , #2302
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• Preface, pg. vii
• Contents, pg. ix
• Introduction, pg. 1
• Chapter I. The Anti-Romantic Modern, pg. 11
• Chapter II. The Poetics of Parable, pg. 35
• Chapter III. Allegory, pg. 64
• Chapter IV. Dramatic Indirections, pg. 96
• Chapter V. Verbal Playing in Form and Technique, pg. 124
• Chapter VI. Opera: The Rake’s Progress, pg. 154
• Chapter VII. Critical Conclusions, pg. 185
• Bibliographical Note, pg. 195
• Appendix: Auden Works Cited, pg. 197
• Index, pg. 205