Selected Poems of W. H. Auden

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by W. H. Auden,

Edited by Edward Mendelson

Random House, Inc

Due/Published November 1989, 240 pages, paper

ISBN 0679724834

This edition presents the original versions of many poems, which Auden revised to conform to his evolving political and literary attitudes later in his career. In this volume, Edward Mendelson has restored the early versions of some thirty poems generally considered to be superior to the later versions, allowing the reader to see the entire range of Auden's work. Selected and edited by Edward Mendelson