Talk:W.H. Auden

Sorry, this is too much. (See also my plea on the discussion board).

Published works (incomplete list):

Poems (London, 1930; second edn., seven poems substituted, London, 1933; includes poems and Paid on Both Sides: A Charade) (dedicated to Christopher Isherwood).

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).

The Dance of Death (London, 1933, play) (dedicated to Robert Medley and Rupert Doone).

Poems (New York, 1934; contains Poems [1933 edition], The Orators [1932 edition], and The Dance of Death).

The Dog Beneath the Skin (London, New York, 1935; play, with Christopher Isherwood) (dedicated to Robert Moody).

The Ascent of F6 (London, 1936; 2nd edn., 1937; New York, 1937; play, with Christopher Isherwood) (dedicated to John Bicknell Auden).

Look, Stranger! (London, 1936, poems; US edn., On This Island, New York, 1937) (dedicated to Erika Mann)

Letters from Iceland (London, New York, 1937; verse and prose, with Louis MacNeice) (dedicated to George Augustus Auden).

On the Frontier (London, 1938; New York 1939; play, with Christopher Isherwood) (dedicated to Benjamin Britten).

Journey to a War (London, New York, 1939; verse and prose, with Christopher Isherwood) (dedicated to E. M. Forster).

Another Time (London, New York 1940; poetry) (dedicated to Chester Kallman).

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: 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 [Auden's mother]).

The Collected Poetry of W. H. Auden (New York, 1945; includes new poems) (dedicated to Christopher Isherwood and Chester Kallman).

The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue (New York, 1947; London, 1948; verse; won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry) (dedicated to John Betjeman).

Collected Shorter Poems, 1930–1944 (London, 1950; similar to 1945 Collected Poetry) (dedicated to Christopher Isherwood and Chester Kallman).

The Enchafèd Flood (New York, 1950; London, 1951; prose) (dedicated to Alan Ansen).

Nones (New York, 1951; London, 1952; poems) (dedicated to Reinhold and Ursula Niebuhr)

The Shield of Achilles (New York, London, 1955; poems; won the 1956 National Book Award for Poetry) (dedicated to Lincoln and Fidelma Kirstein).

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 and Chester Kallman).

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).

A Certain World: A Commonplace Book (New York, London, 1970; quotations with commentary) (dedicated to Geoffrey Gorer).

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).

Thank You, Fog: Last Poems (London, New York, 1974) (dedicated to Michael and Marny Yates).