A Debate on the Relationship between Poetry and Politics in W.H. Auden’s In Memory of W.B. Yeats and A. Ostriker’s Elegy before the War

W.H. Auden’s In Memoriam W.B. Yeats and A. Ostriker’s Elegy Before the War are two pre-war elegies, in which personal and political dimensions are juxtaposed. W.H. Auden’s poem portrays the death of a celebrity against the background of the perplexing 1930s when there was evident growing anxiety abo...

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Main Author: Mateusz Marecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Foundation Pro Scientia Publica 2011-06-01
Series:Journal of Education Culture and Society
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Online Access:http://nowadays.home.pl/JECS/data/documents/JECS=201=282011=29=2050-58.pdf