About this title: Auden's poems are treasured for their wit and intelligence, their meticulous craftsmanship, and their deep feeling for social and moral issues as well as personal ones. In the words of Stephen Spender at Auden's memorial service in Oxford, "[T]hroughout the whole development of his poetry...his theme had been love: not Romantic love but love as interpreter of the world, love as individual need, love as redeeming power in the life of society and the individual."
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679724834ISBN:0679724834
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Dampstaining to bottom page edges. -, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: VG+ Used, Like New in VG+ jacket. SOFT COVER, VG+/VG+, Vintage, 1979, 1.1 in. H x 7.8 in. L x 5.2 in. W, 12.9 oz. This copy has very minimal signs of use, appears to have been very lightly read, is in Excellent Condition Overall. Note: expect tanning of any paperback more than a few years old, regardless of condition. read more
Description: Very Good- As issued No Jacket. Slight spine lean, corner bumps, some scratches and dents to the covers, and other light shopwear. This is a revised (posthumously, I presume) edition of the selected poems that restores the previous versions of many poems that Auden revised late in life to conform to his later political and literary tastes(the earlier versions judged by posterity to be superior).. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780394725062ISBN:0394725069
Description: Very Good. Very good paperback. Signed by prev owner but otherwise unmarked, clean and bright. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1979-02-12
ISBN-13:9780394725062ISBN:0394725069
Description: Like New. NEW EDITION (1979): FIRST PRINTING: Trade Paperback: Published by Vintage Books, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group. Wraps in Excellent condition. Spine smooth; binding tight. Age Tanning. Pages crisp, clean and unmarked. Professionally and securely packaged, with Tracking Number. read more
Edition: 9th ptg
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage/ Random, New York
Date Published: c1979
ISBN-13:9780394725062ISBN:0394725069
Description: George Cserna cover photo. very good+, trade paper, photo deep purple covers. Tight. 315 pgs, ISBN: 0-394-72506-9. Edited by Edward Mendelson. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989-01-16
ISBN-13:9780679724834ISBN:0679724834
Description: Like New. Clean Copy, No Remainder Mark, Unbroken Spine, Light Shelf Wear on Cover, Light tanning of Pages, Priority Shipping recommended for prompt delivery by USPS when offered, Delivery Confirmation on all domestic items where available. read more
Edition: reprint
Binding: paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber, London
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780571113965ISBN:0571113966
Description: Susan Linney cover art. Very Good tight clean copy (small worn patch to rear cover) 8vo. 314pp. Representative selection of Auden's poems, intended to supplant the 1968 selection (made by Auden himself), long considered in need of a re-conditioning; 100 poems, selected, edited and with a lengthy preface by Edward Mendelson; one small rectangular worn patch to rear, o.w. Very Good tight clean copy. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Date Published: 1979
Description: Very Good. Selection by Edward Mendelson which offers the reader a really satisfactory initial survey of Auden's poetry as a whole. Long, illuminating introduction which examines the nature of Auden's genius and of his position of stature in twentieth century literature. A very good clean paperback. Slight tanning to page edges. 314 pages including index. read more
Edition: 331/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD
Publisher: Spoken Arts Records, New Rochelle, New York
Description: Very Good Vinyl Record/Very Good Record Sleeve. This is an Audio Book SA 999. 17 poems read by Auden on this LP. Vinyl in VG+ condition, clean and bright; sleeve has a small tape-repaired area and former owner's stamp to rear. Contents side 1: THE WANDERER / LEGEND / ALONSO TO FERDINAND / THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES / A WALK AFTER DARK / SONG 1: O WHERE ARE YOU GOING? SAID READER TO RIDER / SONG 2: NOW THE LEAVES ARE FALLING FAST / SONG 3: JUMBLED IN ONE COMMON BOX / SONG 4: IF I COULD TELL YOU / ... read more
Edition: 1st Ed. (U.K. ) 1st Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London, UK
Date Published: 1938
Description: Good+ No Dust Jacket 128pgs Cloth slightly chipped & torn along spine edges, shelfwear at fore-edge corners, ink owner name inside front cover, endpapers. Just a little dirty, o.w. clean & tight. Text bright & in Fine condition. read more
"So much to say about Auden. It's a pleasure to read a poet who's range of style and subject nearly the entire galaxy of poetry, from little haikus and ironic stand-alone couplets, to lengthy meditations on religion and literature and history, to wonderful little pastoral poems. His breathed new life into old forms at a time when modernist poets were abandoning older teachings. They sound great when read aloud or to oneself."
For Heather... Because poetry can heal the soul. With love, Jason (Dec. 2001)
I've spent many an hour wondering about Jason and Heather, whether poetry did in fact heal her soul, and why a gift given with love ended up on the discount clearance rack at Hastings.
I'm not so hot on Auden's brand of rhyming poetry. It just doesn't speak to me. Neruda, Whitman, Wordsworth -- these are the poets of my soul."
"Hands down, my all-time favorite poet. Powerful, memorable, and technically one of the most skilled poets of the past 100 years. One of the only significant poets of the 20th century whose goal was *not* to make us think about *his* experiences as a lens to revisit our own. What I like most about Auden is how he invites us to think about our lives without acting as a guide. Also, he was one of the last truly great poet/critics. Start with: The Shield of Achilles, Musee Des Beaux Arts."
"What does the song hope for? And the moved hands/A little way from the birds, the shy, the delightful?"
Auden's verse is magnificent; he writes his villanelles and sonnets without a trace of the "unctious urbanity" that those forms are seen, by many readers today, to represent. He knows what he's doing, yet doesn't wantonly careen into that indecipherable "academic" enclave of poetry that finds such disdain for simple language and traditional forms. Auden wants to make things palpable, wants to leave you shaken yet better off in terms of how you think and feel about things. I'm in awe of that. Read "But I Can't" and tell me you aren't, too."
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