W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse - Couverture souple

Auden, W. H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 159017089X ISBN 13 : 9781590170892

Editeur : NYRB Classics, 2004

Synopsis

Auden's celebrated anthology of light verse is packed with surprising finds while also offering a striking rethinking of the poetic canon. Commissioned by Oxford University Press in the 1930s, when Auden's own work was at its boldest, the book caught its original publisher off guard. For it is less a collection of humorous verses than a celebration of the popular voice in English, in which the work of great satirists like Swift and Byron keeps company with ballads, chanteys, ditties, nursery rhymes, street calls, bathroom graffiti, epitaphs, folk songs, vaudeville turns, limericks, and blues. Turning away from the post-Romantic cult of the sentimental lyric, Auden features poetry that is clear, enjoyable, and, no matter its age, absolutely modern.

This new edition includes previously censored poems, together with Auden's remarkable introduction and a new preface by his literary executor, Edward Mendelson.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

W.H. Auden (1907-1973) was an English poet, playwright, and essayist who lived and worked in the United States for much of the second half of his life. His work, from his early strictly metered verse, and plays written in collaboration with Christopher Isherwood, to his later dense poems and penetrating essays, represents one of the major achievements of twentieth-century literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: NYRB Classics
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 159017089X
• ISBN 13: 9781590170892
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 608
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