Poetry for Historians - Or, W. H. Auden and History

What is the point of poetry for historians? The answer lies in this new 'history of history', which looks at the question through the prism of W. H. Auden's Cold War history poems and of poetry and history education from the eighteenth century to the present day.

List of contents

Introduction
PART I: History
1 Servant poets: an ode on a dishclout
2 W. H. Auden and the servants
3 The uses of Clio
4 An education
5 W. H. Auden and me
6 Caesura: a worker reads history and a historian writes poetry
PART II: Historiography
7 Makers of history
8 Homage to Clio
9 The ridiculous historian's hopes
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Carolyn Steedman is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Warwick

Summary

What is the point of poetry for historians? The answer lies in this new 'history of history', which looks at the question through the prism of W. H. Auden’s Cold War history poems and of poetry and history education from the eighteenth century to the present day. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Carolyn Steedman
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781526125217
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-2521-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous