ISBN: 9781400836352

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 A… mais…

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." But his redefinition of his work had a significance that was felt far beyond the pages of his own books. Aidan Wasley shows how Auden's signal role in the work and lives of an entire younger generation of American poets challenges conventional literary histories that place Auden outside the American poetic tradition. In making his case, Wasley pays special attention to three of Auden's most distinguished American inheritors, presenting major new readings of James Merrill, John Ashbery, and Adrienne Rich. The result is a persuasive and compelling demonstration of a novel claim: In order to understand modern American poetry, we need to understand Auden's central place within it. Postwar Poetry and the American Scene Princeton University Press Literary Criticism in Poetry 9780691136790, 9780691136790 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Literature, Princeton University Press<

ISBN: 9781400836352

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 A… mais…

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." But his redefinition of his work had a significance that was felt far beyond the pages of his own books. Aidan Wasley shows how Auden's signal role in the work and lives of an entire younger generation of American poets challenges conventional literary histories that place Auden outside the American poetic tradition. In making his case, Wasley pays special attention to three of Auden's most distinguished American inheritors, presenting major new readings of James Merrill, John Ashbery, and Adrienne Rich. The result is a persuasive and compelling demonstration of a novel claim: In order to understand modern American poetry, we need to understand Auden's central place within it.; PDF; Reference & Languages > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studi, Palgrave Macmillan US<

ISBN: 9781400836352

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 Aud… mais…

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 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, Princeton University Press<

2010, ISBN: 9781400836352

Postwar Poetry and the American Scene, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: Princeton University Press], Princeton University Press, 2010

2010, ISBN: 9781400836352

Postwar Poetry and the American Scene, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), [PU: Princeton University Press], Princeton University Press, 2010