Table Of Contents:

List of contributors vii

List of abbreviations and textual note xi
Chronology of Auden's life and works xiv

Stan Smith

Introduction 1(14)

Stan Smith

Auden's life and character 15(10)

Richard Davenport-Hines

Auden's England 25(14)

Patrick Deane

Auden in America 39(16)

Nicholas Jenkins

The European Auden 55(13)

Edward Mendelson

Auden's travel writings 68(14)

Tim Youngs

Auden's plays and dramatic writings: theatre, film and opera 82(14)

Christopher Innes

Auden's light and serio-comic verse 96(14)

Stan Smith

Auden's prose 110(13)

Tony Sharpe

Auden's English: language and style 123(14)

Peter Porter

Auden and modern theory 137(15)

John R. Boly

Auden's politics: power, authority and the individual 152(13)

John Lucas

Auden, psychology and society 165(10)

Rod Mengham

Auden: love, sexuality, desire 175(13)

Richard R. Bozorth

Auden and religion 188(12)

Gareth Reeves

Auden's landscapes 200(12)

Paola Marchetti

Auden and ecology 212(14)

Rainer Emig

Auden and influence 226(14)

Ian Sansom

Bibliographic essay and review of Auden studies 240(7)

Nadia Herman Colburn
Index 247