W.H. Auden: Collected Poems from the Modern Library, Hardcover Edition

M.Evans: I’m a fan of W H AUDEN and it’s full of poems.

United Kingdom on Jun 11, 2023

Stephen R. Tod: This is such a handy collection of Auden's own hand picked greatest poems. I wish he had included every one that his devotees believed was great, but his selection process is entirely his own, and not for us to question.

United States on Oct 18, 2022

Abyasun: Nice book. I was always a fan Auden’s poetry. The book was in good shape. I’m happy to buy it.

United States on Feb 21, 2022

Caleb Murdock: This is a very big book that you get for the price. It has all of Auden's poetry in it. I had no idea that Auden was so prolific, and no idea that so much of his poetry was so uninteresting. It seems that Auden just had a great need to write, and so he wrote constantly. My advice is: Unless you are especially in love with Auden, buy a book of his best selected works. No one needs this much Auden.

I'm giving the book five stars because of the good value that the book is.

United States on Aug 09, 2021

Sandra McKinley: This review is all about the state of the book, not the content. The content is fine, and exactly what I wanted. However, the book was delivered in a bag, not a box. The cover was kind of bent and some of the pages. Also, some of the pages were stuck together at the back - no idea what caused that. ... Might return.

United States on Aug 02, 2021

J S: Total collection beautiful presentation.

United Kingdom on Jun 09, 2021

Eric F.: Everything arrived on time and as advertised

United States on Oct 25, 2020

Roxane: Je ne connaissais d'Auden que l'ELEGIE FUNEBRE (en anglais : FUNERAL BLUES), que l'on entend dans le film "3 mariages et 1 enterrement" dont j'avais retenu ces mots magnifiquess : "Stopp all the clocks, cut off the telephone,/ Prevent the dog from barking …:". Lamartine disait autrement, mais aussi intensément, son chagrin à la perte de l'être aimé :"Un seul être vous manque et tout est dépeuplé…"
Mais ici c'est une voix du XX ème siècle qui nous parle et l'étonnant — dans ce petit recueil admirablement composé de poèmes publiés entre 1930 et 1996 — est la diversité des sujets, la surprise crée par les mots (on pense à Roland Barthes dans LE PLAISIR DU TEXTE), l'originalité de la pensée : il n'hésite pas à nous interpeller en allemand dans ce poème intitulé "England to me is my own tongue" (qu'il faut relire et relire, pour bien en saisir le sens, sens qui m'échappe encore) où il semble évoquer sa culpabilité à l'égard de sa mère ("The deep URMUTTERFURCHT that drives/Us into knowledge all our lives […] To civilise and to create, DAS WEIBLICHE […] And I was conscious of my guilt.
Que dit-il ici sinon que la fécondité, qu'il s'agisse...

France on Sep 06, 2017

Amazon Customer: When I ordered the book I didn't realise the copy would be such an extensive collection. This is great for anyone looking to have some of the best of Auden's work in one book. Special mention definitely goes to Browser's Haven who made sure the book is delivered to me within 3 days of my order.

India on Feb 09, 2016

Justus Jost: This is a great selection that contains many of Auden's best poems. The layout and the introduction are great as well.
I did, however, miss my personal favourite "The More Loving One". In my opinion a poem that should be part of every W.H. Auden collection...
4 stars

Germany on Jul 25, 2013