James Merrill and W.H. Auden

James Merrill and W.H. Auden offers a substantial analysis of the literary and personal relationship between two major twentieth-century poets. As Gwiazda argues, Auden''s prominence in the post-World War II American poetry scene as a homosexual poet and critic makes his impact on Merrill particularly noteworthy. Merrill''s imaginary recreation of Auden in his occult verse trilogy The Changing Lig...