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Auden

Richard Peter Treadwell Davenport-Hines

出版	Random House, 1995
主題	Biography & Autobiography / GeneralLiterary Criticism / Poetry
ISBN	04341750729780434175079
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=b0FaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

"W.H. Auden was one of the finest poets of the twentieth century - a great writer who made it his life-long quest to create a lasting literature of the modern age. Drawing on his experiences as a follower of Freud, as a volunteer for the Spanish Civil War, as a witness to the devastation of post-war Germany, and as a man who struggled to reconcile his Christianity with his homosexuality - Auden wrote poetry that captured many of the pivotal issues of our time. Taking us fromt he heady intellectual life of Oxford in the 1920s to passionate lovers' quarrels in the cafés of Weimar Berlin, this biography also introduces us to the artistic scene in New York City, where Auden befriended, among others, Edmund Wilson, Oliver Sacks, and Igor Stravinsky. Along the way we see how each new experience influenced Auden and helped shape his art. The result is an insightful, intimate portrait of Auden, revealing both the man he was and what it means to be a poet today"--Back cover.