For the Time Being

Zusatztext "[S]plendid critical edition." ---Cyntha Haven, Book Haven Informationen zum Autor Alan Jacobs is the Clyde S. Kilby Professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois. He previously edited Auden's The Age of Anxiety for this series, and is the author of several books, including most recently The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction . Klappentext The first critical edition of Auden's only explicitly religious long poem. Edited and introduced by Alan Jacobs. Zusammenfassung Auden's only explicitly religious long poem, a technical tour de force, and a revelatory window into the poet's personal and intellectual development. This edition includes the text of the poem and a detailed introduction that explains its themes and sets it in its proper contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Introduction xi For the Time Being 1 Textual Notes 67

Product details

• Authors: W H Auden, W. H. Auden, A Jacobs
• Assisted by: Alan Jacobs (Editor)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2013
• EAN: 9780691158273
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15827-3
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 17 mm
• Series: W.H. Auden: Critical Editions; W.H. Auden: Critical Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; POETRY / General, MUSIC / Religious / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Choral, Poetry by individual poets, Sacred and religious music, Choral Music, Sacred & Religious Music