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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 ...
'' (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 ...
'' (London, 1930; second edn., seven poems substituted, London, 1933; includes poems and ''
Paid on Both Sides ''Paid on Both Sides: A Charade'' was the first dramatic work written by W. H. Auden. It was written in 1928 and published in 1930. It was performed in New York in 1931 and then at the Cambridge Festival Theatre on 12 February 1934 (seven months ...
: 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: 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 Sir Stephen Harold Spender (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry by th ...
). * ''
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 ...
'' (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 teachi ...
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 ...
'' (New York, 1934; contains ''Poems'' 933 edition ''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 ''The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts'', by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, was the second and most successful play in the Auden-Isherwood collaboration, first published in 1936. It was a major contribution to English poetic drama in ...
'' (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 John Bicknell Auden (14 December 1903 – 21 January 1991) was an English geologist and explorer, older brother of the poet W. H. Auden, who worked for many years in India with the Geological Survey of India and later with the Food and Agricultu ...
). * ''
Look, Stranger! ''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 ...
'' (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 Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (9 November 1905 – 27 August 1969) was a German actress and writer, daughter of the novelist Thomas Mann. Erika lived a bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and became a critic of National Socialism. After Hitler came to power ...
) * ''
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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 ...
'' (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 ...
) (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 s ...
). * ''
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 Thomas Cuthbert Worsley (1907–1977) was a British teacher, writer, editor, and theatre and television critic. He is best remembered for his autobiographical ''Flannelled Fool, Flannelled Fool: A Slice of a Life in the Thirties''. Biography Cut ...
) * ''
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-Dia ...
'' (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 Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author, best known for his novels, particularly ''A Room with a View'' (1908), ''Howards End'' (1910), and ''A Passage to India'' (1924). He also wrote numerous short stori ...
). * ''
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 Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
). * ''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). * '' For the Time Being'' (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: 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 Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
). * '' The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue'' (New York, 1947; London, 1948; verse; won the 1948
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes awarded annually for Letters, Drama, and Music. It was first presented in 1922, and is given for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, published ...
) (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'' (New York, 1950; London, 1951; prose) (dedicated to Alan Ansen). * ''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 Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
). * '' Nones'' (New York, 1951; London, 1952; poems) (dedicated to
Reinhold Reinhold is a German male given name. This German name is originally from "Reinold", composed of two elements. The first is from ''ragin'', meaning "the (Germanic) Gods" and ''wald'' meaning "powerful". This name was popularised by the ancient Ge ...
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'' (New York, London, 1955; poems; won the 1956 National Book Award for Poetry) (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'' (New York, London, 1960; poems) (dedicated to E. R. and A. E. Dodds). * '' The Dyer's Hand'' (New York, 1962; London, 1963; essays) (dedicated to Nevill Coghill). * '' About the House'' (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 Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
). * ''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). * '' City Without Walls 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 Pete ...
). * '' A Certain World: 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 and Other Poems'' (London, New York, 1972) (dedicated to Orlan Fox). * '' Forewords and Afterwords'' (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: 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 classical scholar. He was Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford from 1936 to 1960. Early life and education Dodds was born in Banbridge, County Down, the son of ...
). * ''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 Cincinna ...
; 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 documentary). * ''Negroes'' (1935, narrative for GPO Film Unit documentary); completed 1938 (without Auden's participation) as ''God's Chillun''. * ''
Night Mail ''Night Mail'' is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, ...
'' (1936, narrative for GPO Film Unit documentary, not published separately except as a program note). * '' The Way to the Sea'' (1936, narrative for Strand Films documentary). * ''
Paul Bunyan Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American and Canadian folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in the o ...
'' (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 ''The Rake's Progress'' is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings '' A Rake's Prog ...
'' (1951, with
Chester Kallman Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
, 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 20th-century clas ...
). * '' Elegy for Young Lovers'' (1956, with
Chester Kallman Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
, libretto for an opera by
Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as ...
). * ''
The Bassarids ''The Bassarids'' (in German: ') is an opera in one act and an intermezzo, with music by Hans Werner Henze to an English libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, after Euripides's ''The Bacchae''. The conflict in the opera is between hu ...
'' (1961, with
Chester Kallman Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
, libretto for an opera by
Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as ...
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 of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars ...
). * ''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 fi ...
) * ''
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 Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and his three companions a ...
'' (1973, with
Chester Kallman Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
, 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 Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was the Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his ...
'' (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 wid ...
'' (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 ...
, ''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 peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...
, ''Selected Poetry and Prose'' (New York, 1966); introduction reprinted. * '' G. K. Chesterton: 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 in ...
'' (New York, 1956; London, 1957; with
Chester Kallman Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
, 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 ...
'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. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
opera ''Die Zauberflöte'') (dedicated to Anne and Irving Weiss). * ''
Don Giovanni ''Don Giovanni'' (; Köchel catalogue, K. 527; Vienna (1788) title: , literally ''The rake (stock character), Rake Punished, or Don Giovanni'') is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Pon ...
'' (New York, 1961; with
Chester Kallman Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Life Kallman was born in ...
, English translation of
Lorenzo da Ponte Lorenzo Da Ponte (; 10 March 174917 August 1838) was an Italian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's most celebrated operas: ''The Marr ...
'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. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
opera). * Goethe, J. W. von. ''Italian Journey'', tr. by W. H. Auden and Elizabeth Mayer (London, New York, 1963); introduction reprinted. * ''The
Elder Edda The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the ''Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic med ...
: 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 __NOTOC__ Edward Mendelson (born March 15, 1946) is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden and the au ...
; Auden's final revisions). * ''The English Auden: Poems, Essays, and Dramatic Writings, 1927-1939'' (1977, ed. by
Edward Mendelson __NOTOC__ Edward Mendelson (born March 15, 1946) is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden and the au ...
). * ''Selected Poems'' (1979, expanded edn. 2007, ed. by
Edward Mendelson __NOTOC__ Edward Mendelson (born March 15, 1946) is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden and the au ...
; 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
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). * ''Libretti and Other Dramatic Writings, 1939-1973'' (1993, second vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by
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). * ''Tell Me the Truth About Love: Ten Poems'' (1994, later UK edns. have 15 poems). * ''Juvenilia: Poems 1922-1928'' (1994, ed. by
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; expanded edn. 2003). * ''As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks, and Other Light Verse'' (1995, ed. by
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). * ''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
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). * ''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
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). * ''
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
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). * ''Prose, Volume IV: 1956-1962'' (2010, sixth vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by
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). * '' The Age of Anxiety'' (2011, ed. by Alan Jacobs) * ''Prose, Volume V: 1963-1968'' (2015, seventh vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by
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). * ''Prose, Volume VI: 1969-1973'' (2015, eighth vol. of ''The Complete Works of W. H. Auden'', ed. by
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).


References


Further reading

;Bibliography *Bloomfield, B. C., and
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(1972). ''W. H. Auden: A Bibliography 1924–1969''. Charlottesville:
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. . Post-1969 supplements to the item listed above are included in the following: *Auden, W. H.; ed. by
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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
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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 Katherine Bucknell (born 1957 in Saigon) is an American scholar and novelist who resides in England. Katherine Bucknell is the editor of W. H. Auden's ''Juvenilia'' and of three volumes of the diaries of Christopher Isherwood Christopher Wi ...
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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