The Complete Poems of C. Day Lewis (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Cecil Day-Lewis
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Politics, Self, Agnosticism
Throughout his career, in his writings as well as in his personal life, Cecil Day Lewis revealed himself only selectively and even then only reluctantly. In part, this stemmed from a conviction he shared with W. H. Auden, his fellow student at the University of Oxford, that a poet’s voice should be universal and disembodied from any persona. Day Lewis shared Auden’s righteous indignation when their colleague Stephen Spender published his autobiography World Within World (1951) to popular acclaim. Part of Day Lewis’ reticence, however, also must have arisen from an awareness that...
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