Author: W.H.AUDEN
Title: contributes his eight-verse poem 'The History of Science' to an issue of the periodical 'The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review'. Vol. LI, no. 1317. 9 June 1956.
Description: The New Statesman and Nation The Week-end Review. Vol. LI, no. 1317. 9 June 1956. 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to. Stapled wrappers, the staples partially defective. A lovely crisp copy. The first appearance in print of this Auden poem, which was subsequently included in his collection 'The Old Man's Road' (1956). This issue also includes 'The Dog Beneath the Gown', an anonymous profile of Auden including a caricature by Vicki; extracts of reviews of two of the poet's earliest collections; and 'W.H.Auden in America', a critical essay by Edmund Wilson. Bloomfield & Mendelson C500. Very Good.

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