ForewordAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsPoems (1928)3Paid on Both Sides18Uncollected Poems 1925-3036Poems (1930)52Poems (1933)78The Orators85The Dance of Death123The Dog Beneath the Skin126Look, Stranger!145Uncollected Poems 1930-36178The Ascent of F6193Letters from Iceland202Alfred225Hadrian's Wall227Journey to a War230On the Frontier245Another Time249Uncollected Poems 1937-39296The Dark Valley305Paul Bunyan308The Double Man319For the Time Being345The Sea and the Mirror356The Age of Anxiety369Poems first published in the Collected Poetry (1945)388Nones405Uncollected Poems 1940-48431The Rake's Progress436Delia440The Shield of Achilles443Homage to Clio463Elegy for Young Lovers481About the House484The Bassarids504City Without Walls508Academic Graffiti527Epistle to a Godson529Thank You, Fog544Uncollected Poems 1949-73554Index of Titles and First Lines558General Index575
Fuller's book is a deeply impressive and valuable achievement that has no real equal in the critical literature on any modern poet. It explains thousands of allusions in all of Auden's plays and poems--and covers virtually all of Auden's published work, not only the poems that he collected. But it is not simply the work of a source-hunter. It is the work of a scholar and successful poet, who can write illuminatingly about verse form and poetic tone as well as about sources and influences. In almost every case, Fuller makes the poems he writes about more enjoyable to read, not merely more comprehensible. It is an astonishingly full guide to reading and research that will remain the main reference work on Auden for many decades. -- Edward Mendelson, Editor of "The Complete Works of W. H. Auden" (Princeton)
John Fuller is a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he teaches English. He is also a poet and novelist. His collection Stones and Fires won the 1996 Forward Prize and his Collected Poems also appeared recently.
"Nobody who wants a richer understanding of this great but often willful poet can dispense with Fuller's assistance."--Frank Kermode, The New Republic "The entries--this is a work of reference--are marvels of wit, tact, learning, and connoisseurship. Some articles seem definitive... Fuller's commentary bears a family resemblance to scientific, lyrical compendia such as Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy. The odd detail dances in amber sunbeams, translucent, and symbolic."--Tom D'Evelyn, Boston Book Review "W. H. Auden: A Commentary is a meticulous labor of love and scholarship."--Roger Kimball, The New Criterion "Auden's criticism is exceptional in its depth and breadth. He thoughtfully comments on almost all the plays as well as the sonnets... Readers will admire Kirsch's Auden. It is quite possible that they will like him, too."--Joseph Sullivan, The World and I
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