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W. H. Auden : a biography

Carpenter, Humphrey, 1946-1992
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Quoting much of Auden's correspondence for the first time, as well as drawing on other rare material, this biography traces the artistic development of an influential English poet, explaining the in-jokes in his early work, and the romantic crisis that inspired his last three long poems.
Main title:
W. H. Auden : a biography / Humphrey Carpenter.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992, c1981.
Collation:
xii,495p.,[8]p. of plates : ports. ; 20cm.
Notes:
Originally published : London: Allen & Unwin, 1981.Bibliography: p459-462. -Includes index.
ISBN:
9780192829153 (pbk)
Dewey class:
821.912
Language:
English
BRN:
208725
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