W.H. Auden
Subtitle: a commentary
By: John Fuller.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 613
Subjects: Auden, W. H. 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Description: To help readers understand Auden's work, the poet and scholar John Fuller examines all of Auden's published poems, plays, and libretti, leaving out only some juvenilia. In unprecedented detail, he reviews the works' publishing history, paraphrases difficult passages, and explains allusions. He points out interesting variants (including material abandoned in drafts), identifies sources, looks at verse forms, and offers critical interpretations.

Along the way, he presents a wealth of facts about Auden's works and life that are available in no other publication.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.