Richard Treadwell DavenportHines
Auden
- ISBN 13:
- 9780679747857
- author:
- Richard Treadwell DavenportHines
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1999
- Pages:
- 444
- Dimensions:
- 132mm X 25mm
- Genre:
- Literary Literary Criticism
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Auden is a masterful biography that takes the full measure of one of the greatest English poets and most compelling literary figures of the 20th century. This comprehensive work explores the poet's insatiable thirst for experience, his navigation between discipline and personal desires.
Through a nuanced examination of Auden's life, Richard Davenport-Hines sheds light on the complexities of this complex figure, revealing the tensions between artistic ambition and personal struggle.
This biography is enriched by numerous photographs, offering a unique glimpse into the life of one of literature's most fascinating figures.
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