Auden's Games of Knowledge: Poetry and the Meanings of Homosexuality

(Part of the Between Men-Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies Series)

by Richard R. Bozorth

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The first full-length consideration of Auden as a homosexual poet, this volume shows that Auden's career was tied to a process of gay self-interrogation unparalleled in modern poetry and argues that he was driven by a powerful yearning to comprehend the psychological, political, and ethical implications of same-sex desire.

Auden's theories about poetry in the 1930s and after reflected an intense concern with how to write publicly as a homosexual...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231113536

ISBN13:9780231113533

Release Date:August 2001

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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