SEL POEM AUDEN-NW V506: Amazon.ca: W. H. Auden: Books

Descriptions du produit

Product Description

This edition presents the original versions of many poems, which Auden revised to conform to his evolving political and literary attitudes later in his career. In this volume, Edward Mendelson has restored the early versions of some thirty poems generally considered to be superior to the later versions, allowing the reader to see the entire range of Auden's work. Selected and edited by Edward Mendelson --Ce texte provient d'une �dition qui n'est plus publi�e ou qui est non diponible.

Associer des mots-cl�s � ce produit

(De quoi s'agit-il ?)

Consid�rez votre mot-cl� comme une sorte d'�tiquette d�finissant parfaitement ce produit.
Les mots-cl�s aident les clients � organiser et trouver leurs articles favoris.

L'avis des consommateurs

5 �valuations

5 �toiles:		(5)
4 �toiles:		(0)
3 �toiles:		(0)
2 �toiles:		(0)
1 �toiles:		(0)

�valuation du client type

5.0�toiles sur 5 (5 �valuations de client)

Partagez votre opinion avec les autres clients:

Cr�er votre propre commentaire

Commentaires client les plus utiles

5.0�toiles sur 5 The Quintessential Collection, Nov. 9 2003

Par	Jacqueline Weinstein (Wellesley, MA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: W.H. Auden: Selected Poems (Paperback)

For many of us,the poems that we read in childhood and adolescence are those that stick with us the most. When I was fifteen, I bought this volume and promptly fell in love with Auden's poetry. His work showed a restlessness with the social and political state of his world, and I found that I could connect with it both intellectually and emotionally. To this day, I can revisit this book's pages feeling like I am visiting a childhood friend. Auden expressed some feelings I shared with him, and I was moved by his ability to express them better than I ever could: with frankness, wit, and grace. A must for any literary enthusiast (or any curious fifteen-year-old, for that matter).

Ce commentaire vous a-t-il été utile ? Oui Non (Signaler ce commentaire)

5.0�toiles sur 5 A marvelous introduction, Ao� 26 2003

Par	J. Ott "John Ott" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: W.H. Auden: Selected Poems (Paperback)

I can do little more than echo the other reviewers here. This is all a 'selected poems' shoud be: introductory and selective. Yes, "Funeral Blues" is missing. But no one can complain about what is here, which includes "In Time of War", the great sonnet sequence; "The Quest", another long sequence; and the entirety of THE SEA AND THE MIRROR, which is based on Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST. If you are, however, only interested in his love poems, I'd have to steer you toward TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT LOVE, a nice little chapbook containing only those.

My own personal experience with this book may be relevant. It has served to introduce me to one of the finest poets of the last century and sparked a desire to read THE COLLECTED POEMS, also edited by Mendelson, to see how Auden re-wrote thirty of the brilliant poems here included. I'm continuing on my voyage; hope you are starting on yours.

Ce commentaire vous a-t-il été utile ? Oui Non (Signaler ce commentaire)

5.0�toiles sur 5 Worth singing about, Juil 30 2003

Par	Sarang Gopalakrishnan (Urbana, IL) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: W.H. Auden: Selected Poems (Paperback)

The poetry is splendid -- Auden is a brilliant, sensitive, musical and entertaining writer -- and the selection is fairly representative. Mendelson prefers Auden's later poems to his earlier ones, so the twee middle-aged sequences "Bucolics" and "Horae Canonicae" are included complete, while most of "Twelve Songs" (which has some terrific love poems like "Fish in the unruffled lakes", "Funeral Blues" and "Tell me the truth about love") is not. Still, there is enough in here, esp. in the first two-thirds of the book, to give you a fair enough taste of Auden's verse to entice you to buy his Collected Poems.

(You'll still need the Selected; it has a couple of good poems that Auden decided not to republish, and superior versions of some early poems.)

Ce commentaire vous a-t-il été utile ? Oui Non (Signaler ce commentaire)

Partagez votre opinion avec les autres clients: Cr�er votre propre commentaire

› Lire les 5 commentaires des internautes

Commentaires client les plus r�cents

5.0�toiles sur 5 Wonderful Book
Auden is one of the great poets of the past century and one of the greatest ever in English. This is a particularly good collection of his work. Read more

Publi� le Mai 25 2000 par R. Albin

5.0�toiles sur 5 A fine selection of W.H. Auden
W. H. Auden has always been one of my favourite modern poets, and the 'Selected Poems' one of my favourite volumes of his work. Read more

Publi� le Avril 7 2000 par williamnedblake