W. H. Auden (1907-73) came to prominence in the 1930s among a generation of outspoken poets that included his friends Louis Mac Neice Stephen Spender & C. Day Lewis. But he was also an intimate & lyrical poet of great originality & a master craftsman of some of the most cherished & influential poems of the past century. Other volumes in this series include: Betjemen" " Eliot" " Plath" " Hughes" & " Yeats"."