Poetry for Historians: Or, W. H. Auden and History

by Carolyn Steedman

Book Overview

What is the point of poetry for historians? The answer lies in this new 'history of history', which looks at the question through the prism of W. H. Auden's Cold War history poems and of poetry and history education from the eighteenth century to the present day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526125234
• ISBN13: 9781526125231
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.5"