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W. H. Auden (Critical Survey of Poetry)
Other Literary Forms
Though known primarily as a poet, W. H. Auden worked in a number of other forms, making him one of the most prolific and versatile poets of his generation. During the 1930’s he wrote one play on his own—The Dance of Death (1933)—and collaborated on three others with his friend Christopher Isherwood. These retain their interest today both as period pieces and, to a lesser degree, as experimental stage dramas. The best of the plays, The Dog Beneath the Skin: Or, Where Is Francis? (1935), is an exuberant, wide-ranging work containing some...
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