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W.H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety; and on religious themes, such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".

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Books44

Collected poems

Collected poems

Collected Longer Poems

Collected Longer Poems

The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue

The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue

As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks & Other Light Verse

As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks & Other Light Verse

Diario de Sintra

Diario de Sintra

2017

with Stephen Spender and Cristopher Isherwood

El arte de leer: Ensayos literarios

El arte de leer: Ensayos literarios

2013
Il diario di Sintra. Dicembre 1935      Agosto 1936

Il diario di Sintra. Dicembre 1935 Agosto 1936

2012

with Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spender

W. H. Auden Poems

W. H. Auden Poems

2000
Arcifanfaro: King of Fools

Arcifanfaro: King of Fools

1998

with Carlo Goldoni

100 Best-Loved Poems

100 Best-Loved Poems

1995
Auden

Auden

1995

with Edward Mendelson

A Reader's Companion to the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

A Reader's Companion to the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings

1995
Tell Me the Truth about Love

Tell Me the Truth about Love

1994
La verita, vi prego, sull'amore

La verita, vi prego, sull'amore

1994
The Viking Book of Aphorisms

The Viking Book of Aphorisms

1981

with Louis Kronenberger

On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts

On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts

1976

with Christopher Isherwood

Forewords and Afterwords

Forewords and Afterwords

1973
W. H. Auden: Selected Poems

W. H. Auden: Selected Poems

1972
Selected Poetry of W. H. Auden

Selected Poetry of W. H. Auden

1971
City Without Walls, And Other Poems

City Without Walls, And Other Poems

1969
My Father and Myself

My Father and Myself

1968

with J.R. Ackerley

Mio padre e io

Mio padre e io

1968

with J.R. Ackerley

Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957

Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957

1966
Markings

Markings

1963
Selected Essays

Selected Essays

1962
The Dyer's Hand

The Dyer's Hand

1962
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

1958
The Shield of Achilles

The Shield of Achilles

1955
Poemas de Amor

Poemas de Amor

1952

with Paul Verlaine and Khalil Gibran

The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard

The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard

1952

with Soren Kierkegaard

The Portable Romantic Poets, Blake to Poe

The Portable Romantic Poets, Blake to Poe

1950
Romantic Poets: William Blake to Edgar Allan Poe

Romantic Poets: William Blake to Edgar Allan Poe

1950

with Norman Holmes Pearson

The Portable Greek Reader

The Portable Greek Reader

1948
Lectures on Shakespeare

Lectures on Shakespeare

1947

with Arthur Kirsch

The Sea and the Mirror

The Sea and the Mirror

1944
Another Time

Another Time

1940
I Believe : The Personal Philosophies of Twenty-Three Eminent Men and Women Of Our Time

I Believe : The Personal Philosophies of Twenty-Three Eminent Men and Women Of Our Time

1940

with Lin, Yutang, James Thurber, Rebecca West and Beatrice Potter Webb

Musee des Beaux Arts

Musee des Beaux Arts

1940
Il giorno della locusta

Il giorno della locusta

1939

with Nathanael West

W.H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

W.H. Auden's Book of Light Verse

1939
Letters from Iceland

Letters from Iceland

1937

with Louis MacNeice

History in English Words

History in English Words

1926
Intimate Journals

Intimate Journals

1884
Italian Journey

Italian Journey

1816

Graphic novels1

The Dog Beneath the Skin, Or, Where Is Francis: A Play in Three Acts

The Dog Beneath the Skin, Or, Where Is Francis: A Play in Three Acts

1968

Collections1

The Seashell Anthology of Great Poetry

The Seashell Anthology of Great Poetry

1996