Modern-ish Poets Series 1: W.H. Auden
In the second episode of Modern-ish Poets Series 1, Mark and Seamus discuss life and work of W. H. Auden, from the influence of his parents and his political development, to how his poetry emerged from a meeting of English tradition with high modernism, and its formal response to the fractured nature of his times.
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Seamus Perry is Professor of English Literature at the University of…
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