The Age of Auden : Postwar Poetry and the American Scene

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W.H. Auden's emigration from England to the United States in 1939 marked more than a turning point in his own life and work--it changed the course of American poetry itself. The Age of Auden takes, for the first time, the full measure of Auden's influence on American poetry. Combining a br...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wasley, Aidan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Auden, W. H. > (Wystan Hugh), > 1907-1973
Auden, W. H. > (Wystan Hugh), > 1907-1973 > Influence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
American poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Influence litteraire, artistique, etc. > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Poesie americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > 20th century.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:W.H. Auden's emigration from England to the United States in 1939 marked more than a turning point in his own life and work--it changed the course of American poetry itself. The Age of Auden takes, for the first time, the full measure of Auden's influence on American poetry. Combining a broad survey of Auden's midcentury U.S. cultural presence with an account of his dramatic impact on a wide range of younger American poets--from Allen Ginsberg to Sylvia Plath--the book offers a new history of postwar American poetry. For Auden, facing private crisis and global catastrophe, moving to the United States became, in the famous words of his first American poem, a new "way of happening."
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9781400836352

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