LEADER 04358nam 2200913Ia 450 001 9910459502103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93644-1 010 $a9786612936449 010 $a1-4008-3635-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400836352 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059863 035 $a(EBL)664604 035 $a(OCoLC)707067739 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000482627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344278 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10543530 035 $a(PQKB)11332535 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664604 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000938104 035 $a(OCoLC)706425406 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36823 035 $a(DE-B1597)446953 035 $a(OCoLC)979779786 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400836352 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL664604 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435972 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293644 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059863 100 $a20100621d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe age of Auden$b[electronic resource] $epostwar poetry and the American scene /$fAidan Wasley 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (281 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-13679-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContent -- $tList of Abbreviations -- $tPreface -- $tPrologue. Auden in "Atlantis" -- $tPart I -- $t1. A Way of Happening -- $tPart II -- $t2. Father of Forms -- $t3. The Gay Apprentice -- $t4 The Old Sources -- $tEpilogue. He Became His Admirers: -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aW. H. Auden's emigration from England to the United States in 1939 marked more than a turning point in his own life and work--it changed the course of American poetry itself. The Age of Auden takes, for the first time, the full measure of Auden's influence on American poetry. Combining a broad survey of Auden's midcentury U.S. cultural presence with an account of his dramatic impact on a wide range of younger American poets--from Allen Ginsberg to Sylvia Plath--the book offers a new history of postwar American poetry. For Auden, facing private crisis and global catastrophe, moving to the United States became, in the famous words of his first American poem, a new "way of happening." But his redefinition of his work had a significance that was felt far beyond the pages of his own books. Aidan Wasley shows how Auden's signal role in the work and lives of an entire younger generation of American poets challenges conventional literary histories that place Auden outside the American poetic tradition. In making his case, Wasley pays special attention to three of Auden's most distinguished American inheritors, presenting major new readings of James Merrill, John Ashbery, and Adrienne Rich. The result is a persuasive and compelling demonstration of a novel claim: In order to understand modern American poetry, we need to understand Auden's central place within it. 606 $aAmerican poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 610 $aAdrienne Rich. 610 $aAmerica. 610 $aAmerican poetic tradition. 610 $aAmerican poetry. 610 $aAmerican poets. 610 $aDerek Walcott. 610 $aIrving Feldman. 610 $aJames Merrill. 610 $aJames Schuyler. 610 $aJohn Ashbery. 610 $aJohn Hollander. 610 $aLouis Simpson. 610 $aRichard Howard. 610 $aThe Changing Light at Sandover. 610 $aW. H. Auden. 610 $aemigrant. 610 $aemigration. 610 $amodernism. 610 $apost-war poetry. 610 $awomen poets. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)$xHistory 676 $a813/.5409 700 $aWasley$b Aidan$f1968-$01036980 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459502103321 996 $aThe age of Auden$92457637 997 $aUNINA