About this book
The collection is a compilation of all of Auden’s personal works that he wished to preserve. It includes three poems referred to by Auden as posthumous poems, and others that he omitted from the Collected Shorter Poems of 1966. Auden's work "ranges from the political to the religious, from the urbane to the pastoral, from the mandarin to the invigoratingly plain-spoken." His intention was to display his perceptions of life and concerns, and to challenge the traditional and modern to coexist.
From the jacket flap
Between 1927 and his death in 1973, W. H. Auden endowed poetry in the English language with a new face. Or rather, with several faces, since his work ranged from the political to the religious, from the urbane to the pastoral, from the mandarin to the invigoratingly plain-spoken.
This collection presents all the poems Auden wished to preserve, in the texts that received his final approval. It includes the full contents of his previous collected editions along with all the later volumes of his shorter poems. Together, these works display the astonishing range of Auden's voice and the breadth of his concerns, his deep knowledge of the traditions he inherited, and his ability to recast those traditions in modern times.
First Edition Identification
Random House published a first Edition hardcover in New York, 1976. The dust cover is white with red edges. Faber & Faber published a paperback edition in London, 1994. The edition is characterized by a textured grey print and light blue blocking on the front cover.
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- Title Collected Poems of W. H. Auden
- Author W. H. Auden
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 960
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1991-04-23
- ISBN 9780679731979 / 0679731970
- Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 2.1 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 5.33 cm)
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- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91158031
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.52
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