Forewords and AfterwordsThe essays in this collection were written as reviews, mainly for The New York Review of Books and The New Yorker, on books by or about Alexander Pope, Vincent van Gogh, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde, and A. E. Housman, or as introductions to editions of the classical Greek writers, the Protestant mystics, Shakespeare, Goethe, Kierkegaard, Tennyson, Grimm and Andersen, Poe, G. K. Chesterton, Paul Valery, and others. Throughout, these prose pieces reveal the same wit and intelligence--as well as the vision--that sparked the brilliance of Auden's poetry. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... question of justice . If one compares the Iliad with , for example , Shakespeare's Henry IV or Tolstoy's War and ... questions : " What is the moral effect of war on human beings ? " " What virtues and vices does it encourage as con ...
... question of justice . If one compares the Iliad with , for example , Shakespeare's Henry IV or Tolstoy's War and ... questions : " What is the moral effect of war on human beings ? " " What virtues and vices does it encourage as con ...
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... question " Is X a good or a bad poet ? " and the question " Is X a good or a bad husband ? ” have nothing to do with each other . The spiritual dangers for the man of great talent are two . He is tempted to take personal credit for a ...
... question " Is X a good or a bad poet ? " and the question " Is X a good or a bad husband ? ” have nothing to do with each other . The spiritual dangers for the man of great talent are two . He is tempted to take personal credit for a ...
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... question . " Why do beans have a black seam ? " The characterization of the straw , the coal , and the bean does not extend beyond the minimum re- quired by their respective physical qualities . The whole interest lies in the incidents ...
... question . " Why do beans have a black seam ? " The characterization of the straw , the coal , and the bean does not extend beyond the minimum re- quired by their respective physical qualities . The whole interest lies in the incidents ...
Contents
THE GREEKS AND US | 3 |
AUGUSTUS TO AUGUSTINE | 33 |
THE PROTESTANT MYSTICS | 49 |
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