W.H. Auden
Anglo-American poet whose long career and enormous range made him the central English-language poet of the mid-twentieth century. Musee des Beaux Arts and The Age of Anxiety are among his most celebrated works.
Works
- PoemsEarly poems of a major twentieth-century poet exploring social themes and style
- The Age of AnxietyModernist poem sequence exploring anxiety, consciousness, and human isolation
- Another TimePoetry collection examining history, politics, and personal meditation during war era
- NonesCollection of poems exploring religious questioning and the search for spiritual meaning
- The Shield of AchillesPoetry collection of classical restraint examining heroism, love, and moral choice