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How the World Works
Noam Chomsky
The English Auden: Poems, Essays and Dramatic Writings, 1927-1939
W.H. Auden
Auden Generation: Literature and Politics in England in the 1930's
Samuel Hynes
Collected Poems
W.H. Auden

Collected Poems

Collected Poems - Robert Lowell, David Gewanter, Frank Bidart It's probably a good thing to have this on my shelves for reference, since Lowell has such a strong reputation, but as a reader I would prefer to have a much smaller selection, with adequate footnotes, produced by a good judge. Even one poem, if it was presented in terms I could appreciate, would be preferable to this monolith, but I could not suggest which one would serve. As it stands, the sheer hard labour of working through this huge collection has left few impressions that stand out or make me keen to return - just a grey and rocky mountain that I have climbed and can now tick off the list. Maybe a few years down the road I will come across him in a more favourable context and be glad to have this reference book in my collection. Maybe.