Feet on the Ground: W.H. Auden’s Late Landscapes
This paper focuses on the concept of landscape in the post-war poetry of W.H. Auden. Its aim is to define the nature of changes from Auden’s earlier poetry. By the 1950s the dynamism and vehemence of Auden’s ideological quest had substantially withered. While some of his poetic landscapes from this...
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This paper focuses on the concept of landscape in the post-war poetry of W.H. Auden. Its aim is to define the nature of changes from Auden’s earlier poetry. By the 1950s the dynamism and vehemence of Auden’s ideological quest had substantially withered. While some of his poetic landscapes from this period refer to particular geographical locations, they remain sites for the poet’s grappling with issues that are placeless, borderless and common to man regardless of his environment and specific culture. What disappears, however, is the desire for escape from one place to another – the hallmark of Auden’s early poetry.
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d01e51e225e4959a357b6d9353c840f2023-05-06T14:00:31ZengUniversity of PardubiceAmerican and British Studies Annual1803-60582788-22332014-12-017Feet on the Ground: W.H. Auden’s Late LandscapesLadislav Vít0University of Pardubice This paper focuses on the concept of landscape in the post-war poetry of W.H. Auden. Its aim is to define the nature of changes from Auden’s earlier poetry. By the 1950s the dynamism and vehemence of Auden’s ideological quest had substantially withered. While some of his poetic landscapes from this period refer to particular geographical locations, they remain sites for the poet’s grappling with issues that are placeless, borderless and common to man regardless of his environment and specific culture. What disappears, however, is the desire for escape from one place to another – the hallmark of Auden’s early poetry. https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2253W.H. Audenlandscapeplacehistorynatureculture |
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