by Wystan Hugh Auden · W. H. Auden · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571106059
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«Collected Longer Poems» is the poetry collection by W.H. Auden, published by Faber and Faber in paperback (360 pages, in English).
A companion volume to 'Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957', it brings together six long poems by W.H. Auden: 'Paid on Both Sides', 'Letter to Lord Byron', 'New Year Letter', 'For the Time Being', 'The Sea and the Mirror' and 'The Age of Anxiety'. In them the poet addresses theology, politics, love and the human condition, inviting reflection and analysis.
Aimed at the general reader interested in the poetry of W.H. Auden and in English poetry.
Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety; and on religious themes, such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".
