The age of anxiety : a baroque eclogue
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011].
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2011].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xlix, 144 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1947.
General Note
An annotated critical edition of Auden's last, longest book-length poem.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
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When it was first published in 1947,The Age of Anxiety- W.H. Auden's last, longest, and most ambitious book-length poem- immediately struck a powerful chord, capturing the imagination of the cultural moment that it diagnosed and named. Beginning as a conversation among four strangers in a barroom on New York's Third Avenue, Auden's analysis of Western culture during the Second World War won the Pulitzer Prize and inspired a symphony by Leonard Bernstein as well as a ballet by Jerome Robbins. Yet reviews of the poem were sharply divided, and today, despite its continuing fame, it is unjustly neglected by readers. This volume - the first annotated, critical edition of the poem- introduces this important work to a new generation of readers by putting it in historical and biographical context and elucidating its difficulties. Alan Jacobs's introduction and thorough annotations help today's readers understand and appreciate the full richness of a poem that contains some of Auden's most powerful and beautiful verse, and that still deserves a central place in the canon of twentieth-century poetry. -- Book Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Auden, W. H. 1., & Jacobs, A. (2011). The age of anxiety: a baroque eclogue . Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Auden, W. H. 1907-1973 and Alan Jacobs. 2011. The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue. Princeton University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Auden, W. H. 1907-1973 and Alan Jacobs. The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue Princeton University Press, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Auden, W. H. 1907-1973., and Alan Jacobs. The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue Princeton University Press, 2011.
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