Ethical Consciousness in W. H. Auden's Poetry (1935-1940)

This book takes a thematic-cum-stylistic approach to Auden’s earlier poetry and poetics. By dividing the poet’s ethical consciousness into three thematic groups (cognition, emotion and conation), it demonstrates how readers can construct poetic themes by experiencing texts within their social and historical contexts. This allows a congruence of consciousness to be achieved between poet and reader....