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- Title
- Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue (W.H. Auden: Critical Editions
- ISBN
- 9780691138152
- EAN
- 9780691138152
- Book Title
- Age of Anxiety : a Baroque Eclogue
- Book Series
- W. H. Auden: Critical Editions Ser.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Poetry
- Topic
- General, Poetry, American / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Item Weight
- 15 oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Provides an analysis of Western culture during the Second World War that won the Pulitzer Prize and inspired a symphony by Leonard Bernstein as well as a ballet by Jerome Robbins.
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Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
069113815x
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9780691138152
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Book Title
Age of Anxiety : a Baroque Eclogue
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
General, Poetry, American / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Book Series
W. H. Auden: Critical Editions Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
15 oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
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College Audience
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
[Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self. ---Marianne Moore, New York Times, [M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare's Tempest ., Elegantly printed, [ The Age of Anxiety ] is graced by [Alan] Jacobs's essay-length introduction, which traces the poem's evolution from the time Auden moved from Europe to the US in 1939 to its publication both in Britain (1947) and the US (1948). -- Choice, "[Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self."-- Marianne Moore, New York Times, "[Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . We have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self." ---Marianne Moore, New York Times, "This new edition contains an elegant, unostentatious commentary by Alan Jacobs, an American professor whose previous books include a cultural history of Original Sin." ---Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator, "Elegantly printed, [ The Age of Anxiety ] is graced by [Alan] Jacobs's essay-length introduction, which traces the poem's evolution from the time Auden moved from Europe to the US in 1939 to its publication both in Britain (1947) and the US (1948)."-- Choice, " The Age of Anxiety (1947), perhaps the finest of them all, tests Auden's ideas within the experience of modernity." --Lachlan MacKinnon, Times Literary Supplement, [M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity,The Age of Anxietymakes one think of Shakespeare'sTempest. -- Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, "This new edition contains an elegant, unostentatious commentary by Alan Jacobs, an American professor whose previous books include a cultural history of Original Sin." --Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator, [Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self., "Elegantly printed, [ The Age of Anxiety ] is graced by [Alan] Jacobs's essay-length introduction, which traces the poem's evolution from the time Auden moved from Europe to the US in 1939 to its publication both in Britain (1947) and the US (1948)." -- Choice, This new edition contains an elegant, unostentatious commentary by Alan Jacobs, an American professor whose previous books include a cultural history of Original Sin. ---Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator, "[M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare's Tempest ." ---Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, "This new edition of Auden's The Age of Anxiety under review here provides a timely occasion for the reconceptualization of the structures of the collective imagination in the era of global violence and viral media spectacle. Benefiting from Alan Jacob's revealing and comprehensive prefactory note, the volume invites concerted theoretical effort toward the configuration of a post-apocalyptic poetics."-- Nigel Mcloughlin, ABC Studies, " The Age of Anxiety (1947), perhaps the finest of them all, tests Auden's ideas within the experience of modernity." ---Lachlan MacKinnon, Times Literary Supplement, "This new edition contains an elegant, unostentatious commentary by Alan Jacobs, an American professor whose previous books include a cultural history of Original Sin."-- Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator, "[An]emotionally stunning work. . . . [O]ne of the splendid poems of our language."-- M. L. Rosenthal, New York Herald Tribune, [An] emotionally stunning work�. [O]ne of the splendid poems of our language. -- M. L. Rosenthal, New York Herald Tribune, "[An]emotionally stunning work. . . . [O]ne of the splendid poems of our language." ---M. L. Rosenthal, New York Herald Tribune, "This new edition of Auden's The Age of Anxiety under review here provides a timely occasion for the reconceptualization of the structures of the collective imagination in the era of global violence and viral media spectacle. Benefiting from Alan Jacob's revealing and comprehensive prefactory note, the volume invites concerted theoretical effort toward the configuration of a post-apocalyptic poetics." --Nigel Mcloughlin, ABC Studies, "This new edition of Auden's The Age of Anxiety under review here provides a timely occasion for the reconceptualization of the structures of the collective imagination in the era of global violence and viral media spectacle. Benefiting from Alan Jacob's revealing and comprehensive prefactory note, the volume invites concerted theoretical effort toward the configuration of a post-apocalyptic poetics." ---Nigel Mcloughlin, ABC Studies, "[An]emotionally stunning work. . . . [O]ne of the splendid poems of our language." --M. L. Rosenthal, New York Herald Tribune, [Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self. -- Marianne Moore, New York Times, This new edition contains an elegant, unostentatious commentary by Alan Jacobs, an American professor whose previous books include a cultural history of Original Sin. -- Richard Davenport-Hines, The Spectator, [M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare's Tempest . -- Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, " The Age of Anxiety (1947), perhaps the finest of them all, tests Auden's ideas within the experience of modernity."-- Lachlan MacKinnon, Times Literary Supplement, [An]emotionally stunning work. . . . [O]ne of the splendid poems of our language. -- M. L. Rosenthal, New York Herald Tribune, "Princeton University Press's new critical, annotated edition of The Age of Anxiety seeks to repair and renew contemporary readers' relationship with the poem. That it should triumphantly succeed in this task, however, has less to do with unraveling the poem's intricacies than with clearly showing how its many knots are tied. In an expansive preface and through rigorous textual notes, editor and Auden scholar Alan Jacobs outlines the circumstances of the poem's composition, traces the relations between psychology and religious belief as they play out in the text, and firmly situates the work in its historical moment. . . . It can only be hoped that this handsome new edition brings The Age of Anxiety to a new 'pitiful handful'. Those lucky few will discover in its pages one of the last century's great, and greatly neglected, poems." --Geordie Williamson, Australian, [M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare's Tempest . ---Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, "[Audens] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self."-- Marianne Moore, New York Times, Elegantly printed, [ The Age of Anxiety ] is graced by [Alan] Jacobs's essay-length introduction, which traces the poem's evolution from the time Auden moved from Europe to the US in 1939 to its publication both in Britain (1947) and the US (1948)., "[M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeares Tempest ."-- Jacques Barzun, Harpers Magazine, "[M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare's Tempest ."-- Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, Princeton University Press's new critical, annotated edition of The Age of Anxiety seeks to repair and renew contemporary readers' relationship with the poem. That it should triumphantly succeed in this task, however, has less to do with unraveling the poem's intricacies than with clearly showing how its many knots are tied. In an expansive preface and through rigorous textual notes, editor and Auden scholar Alan Jacobs outlines the circumstances of the poem's composition, traces the relations between psychology and religious belief as they play out in the text, and firmly situates the work in its historical moment. . . . It can only be hoped that this handsome new edition brings The Age of Anxiety to a new 'pitiful handful'. Those lucky few will discover in its pages one of the last century's great, and greatly neglected, poems. -- Geordie Williamson, Australian, [Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . .The Age of Anxietyassures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self. -- ianne Moore," New York Times, "[M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare's Tempest ." --Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, "[Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self." --Marianne Moore, New York Times, [Auden's] most significant piece of work�. [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . .The Age of Anxietyassures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self. -- ianne Moore," New York Times, "Magnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power. . . . For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare's Tempest ." ---Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, "[Auden's] most significant piece of work. . . . [W]e have in W. H. Auden a master musician of rhythm and note, unable to be dull, in fact an enchanter, under the magic of indigenous gusto . . . . The Age of Anxiety assures us that fear and lust have, in faith and purity, a cure so potent we need never know panic or be defeated by Self." ---Marianne Moore, New York Times, The Age of Anxiety (1947), perhaps the finest of them all, tests Auden's ideas within the experience of modernity. ---Lachlan MacKinnon, Times Literary Supplement, "Princeton University Press's new critical, annotated edition of The Age of Anxiety seeks to repair and renew contemporary readers' relationship with the poem. That it should triumphantly succeed in this task, however, has less to do with unraveling the poem's intricacies than with clearly showing how its many knots are tied. In an expansive preface and through rigorous textual notes, editor and Auden scholar Alan Jacobs outlines the circumstances of the poem's composition, traces the relations between psychology and religious belief as they play out in the text, and firmly situates the work in its historical moment. . . . It can only be hoped that this handsome new edition brings The Age of Anxiety to a new 'pitiful handful'. Those lucky few will discover in its pages one of the last century's great, and greatly neglected, poems."-- Geordie Williamson, Australian, [An]emotionally stunning work. . . . [O]ne of the splendid poems of our language. ---M. L. Rosenthal, New York Herald Tribune, This new edition of Auden's The Age of Anxiety under review here provides a timely occasion for the reconceptualization of the structures of the collective imagination in the era of global violence and viral media spectacle. Benefiting from Alan Jacob's revealing and comprehensive prefactory note, the volume invites concerted theoretical effort toward the configuration of a post-apocalyptic poetics. ---Nigel Mcloughlin, ABC Studies, This new edition contains an elegant, unostentatious commentary by Alan Jacobs, an American professor whose previous books include a cultural history of Original Sin., [M]agnificent . . . . [and] enormously rich in allusion, sound, and intellectual power�. For pessimism and naturalism and virtuosity, The Age of Anxiety makes one think of Shakespeare'sTempest. -- Jacques Barzun, Harper's Magazine, Princeton University Press's new critical, annotated edition of The Age of Anxiety seeks to repair and renew contemporary readers' relationship with the poem. That it should triumphantly succeed in this task, however, has less to do with unraveling the poem's intricacies than with clearly showing how its many knots are tied. In an expansive preface and through rigorous textual notes, editor and Auden scholar Alan Jacobs outlines the circumstances of the poem's composition, traces the relations between psychology and religious belief as they play out in the text, and firmly situates the work in its historical moment. . . . It can only be hoped that this handsome new edition brings The Age of Anxiety to a new 'pitiful handful'. Those lucky few will discover in its pages one of the last century's great, and greatly neglected, poems. ---Geordie Williamson, Australian, "[An] emotionally stunning work. . . . One of the splendid poems of our language." ---M. L. Rosenthal, New York Herald Tribune, "Princeton University Press's new critical, annotated edition of The Age of Anxiety seeks to repair and renew contemporary readers' relationship with the poem. That it should triumphantly succeed in this task, however, has less to do with unraveling the poem's intricacies than with clearly showing how its many knots are tied. In an expansive preface and through rigorous textual notes, editor and Auden scholar Alan Jacobs outlines the circumstances of the poem's composition, traces the relations between psychology and religious belief as they play out in the text, and firmly situates the work in its historical moment. . . . It can only be hoped that this handsome new edition brings The Age of Anxiety to a new 'pitiful handful'. Those lucky few will discover in its pages one of the last century's great, and greatly neglected, poems." ---Geordie Williamson, Australian
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7
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Pr6001.U4a65 2011
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2011
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