Influential Ghosts: A Study of Auden's Sources

by Rachel Wetzsteon

Influential Ghosts: A Study of Auden's Sources explores some of the most important literary and philosophical influences on W.H. Auden's poetry. The study attempts to show that Auden's poetry derives much of its interest from the vast range of authors on whom he drew for inspiration. But it also suggest that his relationship to these writers was marked by a fascinating ambivalence.
In chapters on Auden's relationship to Hardy and Kierkegaard, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415975468
• ISBN13: 9780415975469
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"