Title: Randall Jarrell on W.H. Auden
First published: 2005
Description: "Randall Jarrell was one of the most important poet-critics of the past century, and the poet who most fascinated and infuriated him was W.H. Auden. In Auden, Jarrell found a crucial poetic influence that needed to be both embraced and resisted. During the 1940s, Jarrell wrestled with Auden's work, writing a series of notorious articles on Auden that remain admired and controversial examples of devoted and contentious criticism. While Jarrell never completed his proposed book on Auden, these previously unpublished lectures revise and reprise his earlier articles and present new insights into Auden's work.

Delivered at Princeton University in 1951 and 1952, Jarrell's lectures reflect a passionate appreciation of Auden's work, a witty attack from an informed opponent, and an important document of a major poet's reception."--Jacket.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Auden, W. H. 1907-1973 -- Criticism and interpretation., Auden, w. h. (wystan hugh), 1907-1973
People: W. H. Auden (1907-1973)
LC classification: PR6001.U4 Z7534 2005