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W. H. Auden's Book of Light Verse
By Edward Mendelson (foreword by) and W. H. Auden
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher New York Review of Books
Publication date July 10, 2004
Pages 553
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781590170892
ISBN-10 159017089X
Dimensions 1.50 by 5 by 7.75 in.
Weight 1.30 lbs.
Original list price $24.95
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Presents an anthology of popular, unpretentious poems by English authors from early times to the beginning of the twentieth century, including previously censored poems.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Auden's celebrated anthology of light verse is packed with surprising finds while also offering a striking rethinking of the poetic canon. Commissioned by Oxford University Press in the 1930s, when Auden's own work was at its boldest, the book caught its original publisher off guard. For it is less a collection of humorous verses than a celebration of the popular voice in English, in which the work of great satirists like Swift and Byron keeps company with ballads, chanteys, ditties, nursery rhymes, street calls, bathroom graffiti, epitaphs, folk songs, vaudeville turns, limericks, and blues. Turning away from the post-Romantic cult of the sentimental lyric, Auden features poetry that is clear, enjoyable, and, no matter its age, absolutely modern.

This new edition includes previously censored poems, together with Auden's remarkable introduction and a new preface by his literary executor, Edward Mendelson.

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from New York Review of Books (July 10, 2004)
9781590170892 | details & prices | 553 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Presents an anthology of popular, unpretentious poems by English authors from early times to the beginning of the twentieth century, including previously censored poems.

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