Further Reading
- Boly, John R., "Auden and the Romantic Tradition in The Age of Anxiety," Daedalus 111, No. 2 (Spring 1982): 149-71. (Examines Auden's reaction against and assimilation of romanticism as reflected in the major themes, artistic concerns, and structure of The Age of Anxiety.)
- Bozorth, Richard R., "'But Who Would Get It?': Auden and the Codes of Poetry and Desire," ELH: English Literary History 62, No. 3 (Fall 1995): 709-27. (Explores the significance of private allusions, coded language, and ambiguity in Auden's poetry as an expression of his homosexuality.)
- Bryant, Marsha, "Auden and the 'Arctic Stare': Documentary as Public Collage in Letters from Iceland," Journal of Modern Literature XVII, No. 4 (Spring 1991): 537-65. (Examines Auden's interest in documentary filmmaking and the politics of representation as reflected in Letters from Iceland.)
- Christianson, Scott R., "The Poetics and Politics of Eliot's Influence on W. H. Auden," Essays in Literature 19, No. 1 (Spring 1992): 98-113. (Considers the genealogical and political influence of T. S. Eliot's poetry and literary criticism on the development of Auden's own poetry and critical perspective.)
- Mendelson, Edward, "'We Are Changed By What We Change': The Power of Politics of Auden's Revisions," The Romanic Review 86, No. 3 (May 1995): 527-35. (Examines the ethical significance of Auden's frequent revisions of his poetry as indicative of his respect for the politics and shaping power of language.)
- Pascoe, David, "Auden and the Aesthetics of Detection," Essays in Criticism 43, No. 1 (January 1993): 33-58. (Explores Auden's interest in English detective fiction and elements of the genre in his poetry.)
- Riffaterre, Michael, "Textuality: W. H. Auden's 'Musée des Beaux Arts,'" in Textual Analysis: Some Readers Reading, edited by Mary Ann Caws, pp. 1-13. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1986. (Examines the principles and function of literary intertextuality through analysis of Auden's 'Musée des Beaux Arts.')
- Spears, Monroe K., "The Divine Comedy of W. H. Auden," Sewanee Review 90, No. 1 (Winter 1982): 53-72. (Examines the development of Auden's poetry and artistic concerns in relation to the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy.)
- Spiegelman, Willard, "The Rake, The Don, The Flute: W. H. Auden as Librettist," Parnassus 10, No. 2 (Fall-Winter 1982): 171-87. (Discusses Auden's interest in operatic forms and the artistic principles applied to his adaptations of The Rake's Progress, Don Giovanni, and The Magic Flute.)
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