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Apr 5, 2024 · The W. H. Auden Society commemorates the life and work of one of the greatest poets in the English language. This web site offers a list of books by Wystan Hugh Auden, links to some of his poems, a selective list of recordings of his readings and of musical settings of his poems, and (to be added in the near future) a biography.
Truth, Important, Want. 54 Copy quote. We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die. W. H. Auden. Change, Religion, Growth. Wystan Hugh Auden (2011). “The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue”, p.105, Princeton University Press.
459 quotes from W.H. Auden: 'I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you Till China and Africa meet, And the river jumps over the mountain And the salmon sing in the street', 'Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.', and 'We must love one another or die'
W. H. Auden is considered one of the most important English poets of the 20th century. His work is characterized by its technical virtuosity, intellectual rigor, and engagement with the social and political issues of his time. Auden's poetry explored themes of love, loss, faith, and the human condition, often through the lens of modernism and ...
Art is born of humiliation. W. H. Auden. The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. W. H. Auden. I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street. W. H. Auden. Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.
Jan 12, 1975 · In Auden’s case, this seemed all the more likely because much of his work, in utter simplicity, arose out of the spoken word, out of idioms of everyday language—like “Lay your sleeping head ...
Early life. Wystan Hugh Auden was born on February 21, 1907, in York, England. He was the last of three sons born to George and Constance Auden. His father was the medical officer for the city of Birmingham, England, and a psychologist (a person who studies the mind). His mother was a devoted Anglican (a member of the Church of England).
