September 1, 1939: a Biography of a Poem
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September 1, 1939: a Biography of a Poem

by Ian Sansom

Est. 8h 36m 330 Pages 339 reading now
Prologue
In September 1, 1939, Ian Sansom borrows two questions recommended by Auden himself for the study of a "How does it work? And what kind of guy inhabits this poem?". Sansom argues that this work offers a glimpse of the writer reinventing himself at a culminating moment in world affairs, and seeks to show why this poem is a masterpiece and how it has been incorporated into people's lives.
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