
Age of Auden
How W. H. Auden’s emigration to the United States changed the course of postwar American poetry
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...
How W. H. Auden’s emigration to the United States changed the course of postwar American poetry
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...