41 poems by W.H. Auden, copied for his mother
41 poems by W.H. Auden, copied for his mother, probably about 1925, in a notebook. Some were revised. Two were printed in The Gresham; ‘Dawn’ (fol. 41) x. 2, 16. xii. 22, and ‘Nightfall’ (fol. 3) x. 5, g. vi. 23. ‘Woods in the Rain’, fol. 10, was pr. in Public Schools Verse, 1924, p. 18.
‘The Traction engine’, fol. 51, was pr. by ‘C. […]’, Lions and Shadows, 1938, p. 186, as the work of ‘Hugh Weston’.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1925
Extent
77 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 153, fols. 1-2].
Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. poet. e. 153
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21279
Abstract
41 poems by W.H. Auden, copied for his mother, probably about 1925, in a notebook.
Biographical / Historical
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was an Anglo-American poet and writer. For more information, see Oxford Dictionary National Biography.
Custodial History
Given to Professor E.R. Dodds by C.R. Auden, 1940.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by Professor Dodds, 1979.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- 41 poems by W.H. Auden, copied for his mother
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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