Chronology Entry
Year
1937.2
Text
W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood were commissioned by Faber and Faber in London and Random House in New York to write a book about the Far East. The authors decided that their subject would be the war which had been provoked by the Japanese in July with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's nationalist forces in China.Isherwood's reportage was to provide a prose commentary on China and its war, while Auden would write about the war parabolically to provide a theory of human violence.
Mentioned People (2)
Auden, W.H.
(York 1907-1973 Wien) : Dichter, Schriftsteller, Professor of Poetry, Oxford University ; amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft
Isherwood, Christopher
(Disley, Cheshire 1904-1986 Santa Monica, Calif.) : Britisch-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
Subjects
Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Documents (2)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995 | Davenport-Hines, Richard. Auden. (London : Heinemann, 1995). S. 170. | Publication / Aud14 | |
| 2 | 2007 |
Monteiro, George. Auden on Macao. In : Notes on Contemporary Literature, Vol. 37, No. 3 (2007) http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Auden+on+Macao.-a0185166824 |
Publication / Aud9 |