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W.H. Auden

AmericanFebruary 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973Poetry

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→

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