Another Time
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Another Time is a book of poems by W. H. Auden
, published in 1940.
This book contains Auden's shorter poems written between 1936 and 1939, except for those already published in Letters from Iceland
and Journey to a War
. These poems are among the best-known of his entire career.
The book is divided into three parts, "People and Places", "Lighter Poems", and "Occasional Poems".
"People and Places" includes "Law, say the gardeners, is the sun", "Oxford", "A. E. Housman", "Edward Lear", "Herman Melville", "The Capital", "Voltaire at Ferney", "Orpheus", "Musée des Beaux Arts", "Gare du Midi", "Dover", and many other poems.
"Lighter Poems" includes "Miss Gee", "O tell me the truth about love", "Funeral Blues
", "Calypso", "Roman Wall Blues", "The Unknown Citizen
", "Refugee Blues
", and other poems.
"Occasional Poems" includes "Spain 1937
", "In Memory of W. B. Yeats", "September 1, 1939
", "In Memory of Sigmund Freud", and other poems.
The book is dedicated to Chester Kallman
.
W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also...
, published in 1940.
This book contains Auden's shorter poems written between 1936 and 1939, except for those already published in Letters from Iceland
Letters from Iceland
Letters from Iceland is a travel book in prose and verse by W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, published in 1937.The book is made up of a series of letters and travel notes by Auden and MacNeice written during their trip to Iceland in 1936....
and Journey to a War
Journey to a War
Journey to a War is a travel book in prose and verse by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, published in 1939.The book is in three parts: a series of poems by Auden describing his and Isherwood's journey to China in 1938 ; a "Travel-Diary" by Isherwood about their travels in China itself, and...
. These poems are among the best-known of his entire career.
The book is divided into three parts, "People and Places", "Lighter Poems", and "Occasional Poems".
"People and Places" includes "Law, say the gardeners, is the sun", "Oxford", "A. E. Housman", "Edward Lear", "Herman Melville", "The Capital", "Voltaire at Ferney", "Orpheus", "Musée des Beaux Arts", "Gare du Midi", "Dover", and many other poems.
"Lighter Poems" includes "Miss Gee", "O tell me the truth about love", "Funeral Blues
Funeral Blues
"Funeral Blues" or "Stop all the clocks" is a poem by W. H. Auden, first published in its final, familiar form in 1938, but based on an earlier version published in 1936.-Titles and versions:...
", "Calypso", "Roman Wall Blues", "The Unknown Citizen
The Unknown Citizen
The Unknown Citizen is a poem by W. H. Auden. Auden wrote it in 1939, shortly after moving from England to the United States. It was first published in 1939 in The New Yorker, and first appeared in book form in Auden's collection Another Time...
", "Refugee Blues
Refugee Blues
Refugee Blues is a poem by W. H. Auden, written in 1939, one of a number of poems Auden wrote in the mid- to late-1930s in blues and other popular metres, for example the meter he used in his love poem "Calypso," written around the same time...
", and other poems.
"Occasional Poems" includes "Spain 1937
Spain (Auden)
Spain is a poem by W. H. Auden written after his visit to the Spanish Civil War and widely regarded as one of the most important literary works to emerge from that war. It was written and published in 1937....
", "In Memory of W. B. Yeats", "September 1, 1939
September 1, 1939
"September 1, 1939" is a poem by W. H. Auden written on the occasion of the outbreak of World War II. It was first published in The New Republic issue of October 18, 1939, and was first published in book form in Auden's collection Another Time ....
", "In Memory of Sigmund Freud", and other poems.
The book is dedicated to Chester Kallman
Chester Kallman
Chester Simon Kallman was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky.-Life:...
.