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“Auden” (Publication, 1995)

Year

1995

Text

Davenport-Hines, Richard. Auden. (London : Heinemann, 1995). (Aud14)

Type

Publication

Contributors (1)

Davenport-Hines, Richard  (London 1953-) : Historiker, Literatur-Biograph

Mentioned People (1)

Auden, W.H.  (York 1907-1973 Wien) : Dichter, Schriftsteller, Professor of Poetry, Oxford University ; amerikanische Staatsbürgerschaft

Subjects

Literature : Occident : Great Britain / References / Sources

Chronology Entries (5)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1937.2 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.
2 1938.04.20 Letter from W.H. Auden to Eric R. Dodds.
"Looking for the war in China is like a novel by Kafka."
3 1938.05.08-20 W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood travelled and stayed in Jinhua. They met General, Governor Zhejiang Huang Shaohong. They visited Lanxi, Tunki (11 May waiting for the permission to got to the front), Tai hu, Tianmu Shan, Tipu, Anji, Xiaofeng (Zhejiang). They met Peter Fleming.
  • Document: Auden, W.H. ; Isherwood, Christopher. Journey to a war. (New York, N.Y. : Random House ; London : Faber & Faber, 1939). = Auden, W.H. Journey to a war. (New York, N.Y. : Octagon Books, 1972).= Rev. ed. (London : Faber and Faber, 1973). [Enthält : Sonnets from China].[Bericht über die Jahre 1937-1945]. S. 181, 183, 197, 208. (Aud5, Publication)
  • Person: Auden, W.H.
  • Person: Fleming, Peter
  • Person: Huang, Shaohong
  • Person: Isherwood, Christopher
4 1938.06.12 W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood left Shanghai, sailed via Japan to Vancouver and on July 2 they reached New York and went back to England.
  • Document: Finney, Brian. Christopher Isherwood : a critical biography. (New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1979). S. 138, 140. (Aud13, Publication)
  • Person: Auden, W.H.
  • Person: Isherwood, Christopher
5 1938.11.6-12.2 W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood lectured on 6 November at the Group Theatre, on 28 November at Dulwich and on 2 December at Bedford College in London on China in wartime.

Cited by (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 Zentralbibliothek Zürich Organisation / ZB