Edward Mendelson
Auteur de The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life
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Edward Mendelson is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden, and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. His books include Moral Agents, The Things That Matter, and Lives of the New York Intellectuals.
Œuvres de Edward Mendelson
The Things That Matter: What Seven Classic Novels Have to Say About the Stages of Life (2006) 189 exemplaires
article from "Times Literary Supplement.(NOT a book) January 16, 1976 : W.H. Auden - Five Early Poems. 1 exemplaire
Baedeker's Universe 1 exemplaire
W. H. Auden, Selected Poems 1 exemplaire
Auden W. H. Selected Poems 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The English Auden: Poems, Essays and Dramatic Writings, 1927-1939 (1977) — Directeur de publication — 203 exemplaires
The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Plays and Other Dramatic Writings, 1928-1938 (1988) — Directeur de publication — 55 exemplaires
W. H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955 (The Complete Works of W.H. Auden) (2008) — Directeur de publication — 50 exemplaires
The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose: Volume II. 1939-1948 (2002) — Directeur de publication — 37 exemplaires
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose and Travel Books in Prose and Verse, 1926-1938 (Volume 1) (1996) — Directeur de publication — 28 exemplaires
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Libretti and Other Dramatic Writings, 1939-1973 (1993) — Directeur de publication — 17 exemplaires
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose, Volume IV, 1956-1962 (2010) — Directeur de publication — 17 exemplaires
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose: Volume VI, 1969-1973 (2015) — Directeur de publication — 6 exemplaires
The Complete Works of W. H. Auden: Prose: Volume V, 1963-1968 (2015) — Directeur de publication — 6 exemplaires
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could easily make a reading list from each of the eight mentioned
This is an interesting reading of several classic novels, and as a trade publication, it reads a bit more quickly than an academic monograph. I do think that some of his readings are a bit flawed, and his take on Emily Bronte seems way too generous. But that's me talking shop. If you like classics and talking books, give this a shot.
Portraits of eight American writers with both biographical and critical remarks. A refreshing read for those interested in some of the best of twentieth century literature.
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I am also more interested in the young Auden than the early Auden, and of course the group of friends at the time of their budding friendship. It was entirely serendipitous that I was reading Christopher Isherwood's Lions & Shadows. An education in the Twenties, which is also mentioned, at almost the same time. As these two books cover about the same periods, the Twenties.
Edward Mendelson's Early Auden cover the period up to 1938, which biographically is the most interesting period and covers some of his travels to China and their stay in Germany, where he watched the rise of fascism. This period between schooling and the outbreak of the war is also the period of discovering his homosexuality and the development of life-long friendships with Isherwood and other writers and thinkers of the period.
Mendelson gives in-depth psychological explanations for the development and maturing of Auden's poetry, with many excerpts to illustrate. The book can be read as a biography of the young Auden, with a lot of attention given to his poetry.
Very well-written and very well done.… (plus d'informations)