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This is a bibliography of books, plays, films, and libretti written, edited, or translated by the Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden (1907–1973). See the main entry for a list of biographical and critical studies and external links.


Publications by W. H. Auden

In the list below, works reprinted in the ''Complete Works of W. H. Auden'' are indicated by footnote references.


Books and selected pamphlets

* ''
Poems Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in a ...
'' (London, 1928; privately printed; different contents from 1930 volume with the same title) (dedicated to
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
). * ''
Poems Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in a ...
'' (London, 1930; second edn., seven poems substituted, London, 1933; includes poems and '' Paid on Both Sides: A Charade'') (dedicated to
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
). * ''
The Orators ''The Orators: An English Study'' is a long poem in prose and verse written by W. H. Auden, first published in 1932. It is regarded as a major contribution to modernist poetry in English. ''The Orators'' is divided into three main sections, fr ...
: An English Study'' (London, 1932, verse and prose; slightly revised edn., London, 1934; revised edn. with new preface, London, 1966; New York 1967) (dedicated to Stephen Spender). * ''
The Dance of Death The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of ...
'' (London, 1933, play) (dedicated to
Robert Medley Charles Robert Owen Medley CBE, RA, (19 December 1905 – 20 October 1994), also known as Robert Medley, was an English artist who painted in both abstract and figurative styles, and who also worked as theatre designer. He held several teachin ...
and
Rupert Doone Rupert Doone (born Reginald Woodfield, 14 August 1903 – 4 March 1966) was a British dancer, choreographer, theatre director, and teacher in London. Biography Doone was born in Redditch, Worcestershire, from a Worcestershire family in reduced ...
). * ''
Poems Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in a ...
'' (New York, 1934; contains ''Poems''
933 edition Year 933 ( CMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Europe * Spring – Hugh of Provence, king of Italy, launches an expedition to Rome to remove ...
''The Orators''
932 edition 93 may refer to: * 93 (number) * one of the years 93 BC, AD 93, 1993, 2093, etc. * 93 Seine-Saint-Denis, French department, Paris, Île-de-France * Atomic number 93: neptunium * ''Ninety-Three'', English title of ''Quatrevingt-treize'' (same meanin ...
and ''The Dance of Death''). * ''
The Dog Beneath the Skin ''The Dog Beneath the Skin, or Where is Francis? A Play in Three Acts'', by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, was the first Auden-Isherwood collaboration and an important contribution to English poetic drama in the 1930s. It was published ...
'' (London, New York, 1935; play, with
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
) (dedicated to Robert Moody). * '' The Ascent of F6'' (London, 1936; 2nd edn., 1937; New York, 1937; play, with
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
) (dedicated to John Bicknell Auden). * '' Look, Stranger!'' (London, 1936, poems; US edn., ''
On This Island ''On This Island'' is a book of poems by W. H. Auden, first published under the title ''Look, Stranger!'' in the UK in 1936, then published under Auden's preferred title, ''On this Island'', in the US in 1937. It is also the title of one of the ...
'', New York, 1937) (dedicated to Erika Mann) * ''
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'' (London, 1937; pamphlet poem). * ''
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 c ...
'' (London, New York, 1937; verse and prose, with
Louis MacNeice Frederick Louis MacNeice (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and playwright, and a member of the Auden Group, which also included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis. MacNeice's body of work was widely a ...
) (dedicated to
George Augustus Auden George Augustus Auden (27 August 1872 – 3 May 1957) was an English physician, professor of public health, school medical officer, and writer on archaeological subjects. Biography Auden was born at Horninglow, Burton-upon-Trent, the sixth ...
). * ''
On the Frontier ''On the Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts'', by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, was the third and last play in the Auden-Isherwood collaboration, first published in 1938. The play tells the story of the outbreak of war between the f ...
'' (London, 1938; New York, 1939; play, with
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
) (dedicated to
Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
). *''Selected Poems'' (London, 1938) (selected by Auden from previously published work) * ''Education: Today - and Tomorrow'' (London, 1939; journalism, with T. C. Worsley) * ''
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-D ...
'' (London, New York, 1939; verse and prose, with
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
) (dedicated to E. M. Forster). * ''
Another Time Another Time may refer to: * ''Another Time'' (book), a 1940 book of poems by W. H. Auden * ''Another Time'' (Jeff Williams album), 2011 * ''Another Time'' (Earth, Wind & Fire album), 1974 See also * " Another Time (Andrew's Song)", a 2014 so ...
'' (London, New York 1940; poetry) (dedicated to Chester Kallman). * ''Some Poems'' (London, 1940)) (not selected by Auden) * '' The Double Man'' (New York, 1941, poems; UK edn., ''New Year Letter'', London, 1941) (Dedicated to
Elizabeth Mayer Elizabeth Wolff Mayer (1884 – 14 March 1970) was a German-born American translator and editor, closely associated with W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and other writers and musicians. After emigrating to the United States in the 1940s ...
). * ''
For the Time Being ''For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio'', is a long poem by W. H. Auden, written in 1941 and 1942, and first published in 1944. It was one of two long poems included in Auden's book also titled ''For the Time Being'', published in 1944; the ...
'' (New York, 1944; London, 1945; two long poems: "
The Sea and the Mirror "The Sea and the Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''" is a long poem by W.H. Auden, written 1942–44, and first published in 1944. Auden regarded the work as “my ''Ars Poetica,'' in the same way I believe ''The Tempest'' to hav ...
: A Commentary on Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''", dedicated to James and Tania Stern, and "
For the Time Being ''For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio'', is a long poem by W. H. Auden, written in 1941 and 1942, and first published in 1944. It was one of two long poems included in Auden's book also titled ''For the Time Being'', published in 1944; the ...
: A Christmas Oratorio", in memoriam Constance Rosalie Auden uden's mother. * ''The Collected Poetry of W.H. Auden'' (New York, 1945; includes new poems) (dedicated to
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
and Chester Kallman). * ''
The Age of Anxiety ''The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue'' (1947; first UK edition, 1948) is a long poem in six parts by W. H. Auden, written mostly in a modern version of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. The poem deals, in eclogue form, with man' ...
: A Baroque Eclogue'' (New York, 1947; London, 1948; verse; won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry) (dedicated to
John Betjeman Sir John Betjeman (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, ...
). * ''
The Enchafèd Flood ''The Enchafèd Flood: or, The Romantic Iconography of the Sea'' is a book of three lectures by W. H. Auden, first published in 1950. The book contains Auden's 1949 Page-Barbour Lectures at the University of Virginia. The three lectures are tit ...
'' (New York, 1950; London, 1951; prose) (dedicated to
Alan Ansen Alan Ansen (January 23, 1922 – November 12, 2006) was an American poet, playwright, and associate of Beat Generation writers. He was a widely read scholar who knew many languages. Ansen grew up on Long Island and was educated at Harvard. He wo ...
). * ''Collected Shorter Poems, 1930-1944'' (London, 1950; similar to 1945 ''Collected Poetry'') (dedicated to
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
and Chester Kallman). * ''
Nones Nones may refer to: * ''Nones'' (Auden), a 1951 book of poems by W. H. Auden * ''Nones'' (Berio), a 1954 orchestral composition by Luciano Berio *Nones (calendar), or ''Nonae'', days of the Roman Calendar *None (liturgy), the ninth hour of the trad ...
'' (New York, 1951; London, 1952; poems) (dedicated to Reinhold and
Ursula Niebuhr Ursula Mary Niebuhr (August 3, 1907 – January 10, 1997) was an English American academic and theologian. She was the founder and longtime head of the Department of Religion at Barnard College in New York City, USA. She was born in Southampton, E ...
) * ''Mountains.'' (1954) (pamphlet edition of a single poem, included in ''The Shield of Achilles'') * ''
The Shield of Achilles ''The Shield of Achilles'' is a poem by W. H. Auden first published in 1952, and the title work of a collection of poems by Auden, published in 1955. It is Auden's response to the detailed description, or ''ekphrasis'', of the Shield of A ...
'' (New York, London, 1955; poems; won the 1956
National Book Award for Poetry The National Book Award for Poetry is one of five annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".
) (dedicated to Lincoln and Fidelma Kirstein). * ''The Old Man's Road'' (New York, 1956; pamphlet with poems, all included in ''Homage to Clio''). * ''W. H. Auden: A Selection by the Author'' (Harmondsworth, 1958; New York, 1959, as ''Selected Poetry of W. H. Auden'') (includes some new revisions to previously published poems) * ''
Homage to Clio ''Homage to Clio'' is a book of poems by W. H. Auden, published in 1960. The book contains Auden's shorter poems written between 1955 and 1959, including a group of poems on historical themes first published as a pamphlet titled ''The Old Man' ...
'' (New York, London, 1960; poems) (dedicated to E. R. and A. E. Dodds). * ''
The Dyer's Hand ''The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays'' is a collection of essays and lectures by W. H. Auden, published in 1962 in the US by Random House and in the UK the following year by Faber & Faber. The book contains a selection of essays, reviews, and coll ...
'' (New York, 1962; London, 1963; essays) (dedicated to
Nevill Coghill Nevill Henry Kendal Aylmer Coghill (19 April 1899 – 6 November 1980) was an English literary scholar, known especially for his modern English version of Geoffrey Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales''. Life His father was Sir Egerton Coghill, 5th ...
). * ''
About the House ''About the House'' is a book of poems by W. H. Auden, published in 1965 by Random House (first published in England by Faber & Faber in 1966). The book is in two unnumbered parts, "Thanksgiving for a Habitat", a sequence of poems about Auden's ...
'' (New York, London, 1965; poems) (dedicated to Edmund and Elena Wilson). * ''Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957'' (London, 1966; New York, 1967) (dedicated to
Christopher Isherwood Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include '' Goodbye to Berlin'' (1939), a semi-autobiographical ...
and Chester Kallman). * ''Selected Poems'' (London, 1968) (includes some new revisions to previously published poems) * ''Collected Longer Poems'' (London, 1968; New York, 1969). * '' Secondary Worlds'' (London, New York, 1969; prose) (dedicated to
Valerie Eliot Esmé Valerie Eliot (née Fletcher; 17 August 19269 November 2012) was the second wife and later widow of the Nobel prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot. She was a major stockholder in the publishing firm of Faber and Faber Limited and the editor and ...
). * ''
City Without Walls ''City Without Walls and other poems'' is a book by W. H. Auden, published in 1969. The book contains Auden's shorter poems written from 1965 through 1968, together with his translations of the lyrics of Bertolt Brecht's ''Mother Courage'', and a ...
and Other Poems'' (London, New York, 1969) (dedicated to
Peter Heyworth Peter Lawrence Frederick Heyworth (3 June 1921 – 2 October 1991) was an American-born British music critic and biographer. He wrote a two-volume biography of Otto Klemperer and was a prominent supporter of avant-garde music. Life and career Pet ...
). * ''
A Certain World ''A Certain World: A Commonplace Book'', by W. H. Auden Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with ...
: A Commonplace Book'' (New York, London, 1970; quotations with commentary) (dedicated to
Geoffrey Gorer Geoffrey Edgar Solomon Gorer (26 March 1905 – 24 May 1985) was an English anthropologist and writer, noted for his application of psychoanalytic techniques to anthropology. Born into a non-practicing Jewish family, he was educated at Charterhou ...
). * ''
Academic Graffiti ''Academic Graffiti'' is a book of clerihews by W. H. Auden and illustrations by Filippo Sanjust. It was published in 1971. Auden began writing in 1950 the short comic poems on literary and historical figures that he would later collect in ''Ac ...
'' (London, New York, 1971; poems) (in memoriam
Ogden Nash Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote over 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by ''The New York Times'' the country's best ...
). * ''
Epistle to a Godson ''Epistle to a Godson and other poems'' is a book of poems by W. H. Auden, published in 1972. This book was the last book of poems that Auden completed in his lifetime; its successor, '' Thank You, Fog'' was left unfinished at his death. The poe ...
and Other Poems'' (London, New York, 1972) (dedicated to Orlan Fox). * ''
Forewords and Afterwords ''Forewords and Afterwords'' is a 1973 nonfiction book by W. H. Auden. The book contains 46 essays by Auden on literary, historical, and religious subjects, written between 1943 and 1972 and slightly revised for this volume. The essays include ...
'' (New York, London, 1973; essays) (dedicated to
Hannah Arendt Hannah Arendt (, , ; 14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) was a political philosopher, author, and Holocaust survivor. She is widely considered to be one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Arendt was born ...
). * ''
Thank You, Fog ''Thank You, Fog: Last Poems by W. H. Auden'' is a posthumous book of poems by W. H. Auden, published in 1974. The book contains poems written mostly in 1972 and 1973; after Auden's death in September 1973 it was prepared for publication by his ...
: Last Poems'' (London, New York, 1974) (dedicated to Michael and Marny Yates).


Posthumous books

''Note: These are works that Auden did not intend to publish'' * "The Prolific and the Devourer" (1939, prose; unfinished book; published in magazine form 1981, in book form, New York, 1993). * ''Lectures on Shakespeare'' (1946–47, reconstructed and ed. by Arthur Kirsch, Princeton, 2001).


Anthologies edited by Auden

* ''The Poet's Tongue'' (2-vol and 1-vol edns., with John Garrett, London, 1935; introduction reprinted). * ''The Oxford Book of Light Verse'' (Oxford, 1938; introduction reprinted) (dedicated to
E. R. Dodds Eric Robertson Dodds (26 July 1893 – 8 April 1979) was an Irish classics, classical scholar. He was Regius Professor of Greek (Oxford), Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford from 1936 to 1960. Early life and education Dodds wa ...
). * ''The Portable Greek Reader'' (New York, 1948; introduction reprinted). * ''Poets of the English Language'' (5 vols., with Norman Holmes Pearson; New York, 1950; London, 1952; introduction reprinted). * ''The Faber Book of Modern American Verse'' (London, 1956; US edn., ''The Criterion book of Modern American Verse''); introduction reprinted. * ''The Viking Book of Aphorisms'' (with
Louis Kronenberger Louis Kronenberger (December 9, 1904April 30, 1980) was an American literary critic (longest with ''Time'', (1938-1961), novelist, and biographer who wrote extensively on drama and the 18th century. Background Kronenberger was born in Cincinnat ...
; New York, 1964; UK edn., ''The Faber Book of Aphorisms''); introduction reprinted. * ''Nineteenth-Century British Minor Poets'' (New York, 1966; UK edn. ''Nineteenth-Century Minor Poets'').


Film scripts and opera libretti

* ''Coal Face'' (1935, closing chorus for
GPO Film Unit The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films ...
documentary). * ''Negroes'' (1935, narrative for
GPO Film Unit The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films ...
documentary); completed 1938 (without Auden's participation) as ''God's Chillun''. * '' Night Mail'' (1936, narrative for
GPO Film Unit The GPO Film Unit was a subdivision of the UK General Post Office. The unit was established in 1933, taking on responsibilities of the Empire Marketing Board Film Unit. Headed by John Grierson, it was set up to produce sponsored documentary films ...
documentary, not published separately except as a program note). * ''
The Way to the Sea ''The Way to the Sea'' is a 1936 documentary film about the London to Portsmouth railway line (what is now known as the Portsmouth Direct Line) and its recent electrification. This is prefaced with an historical representation of Portsmouth and t ...
'' (1936, narrative for Strand Films documentary). * '' Paul Bunyan'' (1941, libretto for operetta by
Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976, aged 63) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, other ...
; not published until 1976). * '' The Rake's Progress'' (1951, with Chester Kallman, libretto for an opera by
Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...
). * '' Elegy for Young Lovers'' (1956, with Chester Kallman, libretto for an opera by Hans Werner Henze). * '' The Bassarids'' (1961, with Chester Kallman, libretto for an opera by Hans Werner Henze based on ''
The Bacchae ''The Bacchae'' (; grc-gre, Βάκχαι, ''Bakchai''; also known as ''The Bacchantes'' ) is an ancient Greek tragedy, written by the Athenian playwright Euripides during his final years in Macedonia, at the court of Archelaus I of Macedon. ...
'' of
Euripides Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful e ...
). * ''Runner'' (1962, documentary film narrative for
National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...
) * ''
Love's Labour's Lost ''Love's Labour's Lost'' is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and ...
'' (1973, with Chester Kallman, libretto for an opera by
Nicolas Nabokov Nicolas Nabokov (Николай Дмитриевич Набоков; – 6 April 1978) was a Russian-born composer, writer, and cultural figure. He became a U.S. citizen in 1939. Life Nicolas Nabokov, a first cousin of Vladimir Nabokov, and of ...
, based on Shakespeare's play).


Non-fiction

*"Gresham's School" in
Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...
(ed.) ''The Old School: Essays by Divers Hands'' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1934)Bonnie Costello, Rachel Galvin, ''Auden at Work'' (2015), p. 299


Edited selections of individual authors

* ''A Selection from the Poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson'' (New York, 1944; UK edn. ''Tennyson: An Introduction and a Selection'', London, 1946); introduction reprinted. * ''Selected Prose and Poetry of
Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...
'' (New York, 1950; rev. edn., 1956); introduction reprinted. * ''The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard'' (New York, 1952; UK edn., ''Kierkegaard: Selected and Introduced by W. H. Auden'', London, 1955); introduction reprinted. * ''A Choice of
De La Mare Delamare or De la Mare is a surname of Norman origin. Delamare may refer to: * Achille Joseph Delamare (1790-1873), French senator. *Sir Arthur de la Mare (1914–1994), British diplomat * Delphine Delamare (''née'' Couturier, 1822–1848), French ...
's Verse'' (London, 1963); introduction reprinted. *
Louis MacNeice Frederick Louis MacNeice (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and playwright, and a member of the Auden Group, which also included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis. MacNeice's body of work was widely a ...
, ''Selected Poems'' (London, 1964); preface reprinted. * George Gordon,
Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and Peerage of the United Kingdom, peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and h ...
, ''Selected Poetry and Prose'' (New York, 1966); introduction reprinted. * ''
G. K. Chesterton Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English writer, philosopher, Christian apologist, and literary and art critic. He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox". Of his writing style, ''Time'' observed: "Wh ...
: A Selection from His Non-Fictional Prose'' (London, 1970); introduction reprinted.


Translations

* ''
The Magic Flute ''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that inclu ...
'' (New York, 1956; London, 1957; with Chester Kallman, English version of
Emanuel Schikaneder Emanuel Schikaneder (born Johann Joseph Schickeneder; 1 September 1751 – 21 September 1812) was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera ''The Magic Flute'' and was t ...
's original German libretto to the
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
opera ''Die Zauberflöte'') (dedicated to Anne and Irving Weiss). * ''
Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanis ...
'' (New York, 1961; with Chester Kallman, English translation of Lorenzo da Ponte's original Italian libretto to the
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
opera). * Goethe, J. W. von. ''Italian Journey'', tr. by W. H. Auden and
Elizabeth Mayer Elizabeth Wolff Mayer (1884 – 14 March 1970) was a German-born American translator and editor, closely associated with W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, and other writers and musicians. After emigrating to the United States in the 1940s ...
(London, New York, 1963); introduction reprinted. * ''The Elder Edda: A Selection'', tr. by W. H. Auden and Paul B. Taylor (London, 1969; New York, 1970).


Editions published after Auden's death

* ''Collected Poems'' (1976, new edns. 1991, 2007, ed. by Edward Mendelson; Auden's final revisions). * ''The English Auden: Poems, Essays, and Dramatic Writings, 1927-1939'' (1977, ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''Selected Poems'' (1979, expanded edn. 2007, ed. by Edward Mendelson; includes earlier versions and discarded poems). * ''Plays and Other Dramatic Writings, 1927-1938'' (1989, first vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''Libretti and Other Dramatic Writings, 1939-1973'' (1993, second vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''Tell Me the Truth About Love: Ten Poems'' (1994, later UK edns. have 15 poems). * ''Juvenilia: Poems 1922-1928'' (1994, ed. by Katherine Bucknell; expanded edn. 2003). * ''As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks, and Other Light Verse'' (1995, ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''Prose and Travel Books in Prose and Verse: Volume I, 1926-1938'' (1997, third vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''W.H. Auden: Poems selected by John Fuller'', (2000). * ''Prose, Volume II: 1939-1948'' (2002, fourth vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''
The Sea and the Mirror "The Sea and the Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare's ''The Tempest''" is a long poem by W.H. Auden, written 1942–44, and first published in 1944. Auden regarded the work as “my ''Ars Poetica,'' in the same way I believe ''The Tempest'' to hav ...
: A Commentary on Shakespeare's "The Tempest"'' (2003, ed. by Arthur Kirsch). * ''Prose, Volume III: 1949-1955'' (2008, fifth vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''Prose, Volume IV: 1956-1962'' (2010, sixth vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''
The Age of Anxiety ''The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue'' (1947; first UK edition, 1948) is a long poem in six parts by W. H. Auden, written mostly in a modern version of Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. The poem deals, in eclogue form, with man' ...
'' (2011, ed. by Alan Jacobs) * ''Prose, Volume V: 1963-1968'' (2015, seventh vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson). * ''Prose, Volume VI: 1969-1973'' (2015, eighth vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by Edward Mendelson).


References


Further reading

;Bibliography *Bloomfield, B. C., and Edward Mendelson (1972). ''W. H. Auden: A Bibliography 1924–1969''. Charlottesville:
University Press of Virginia The University of Virginia Press (or UVaP) is a university press that is part of the University of Virginia. It was established in 1963 as the University Press of Virginia, under the initiative of the university's then President, Edgar F. Shannon ...
. . Post-1969 supplements to the item listed above are included in the following: *Auden, W. H.; ed. by Katherine Bucknell and Nicholas Jenkins (1990) ''"The Map of All My Youth": early works, friends and influences'' (Auden Studies 1). Oxford: Oxford University Press. . *Auden, W. H.; ed. by Katherine Bucknell and Nicholas Jenkins (1994). ''"The Language of Learning and the Language of Love": uncollected writings, new interpretations'' (Auden Studies 2). Oxford: Oxford University Press. . *Auden, W. H.; ed. by Katherine Bucknell and Nicholas Jenkins (1995). ''"In Solitude, For Company": W. H. Auden after 1940: unpublished prose and recent criticism'' (Auden Studies 3). Oxford: Oxford University Press. .


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