{"product_id":"r-p-t-davenport-hines-auden-1995-hardback","title":"R. P. T. Davenport-Hines: Auden [1995] hardback","description":"W.H. Auden was the greatest English poet of the twentieth century. It is nearly fifteen years since his last biography, and the publication and discovery of a mass of new material now makes possible a bold reappraisal of his life and work. Auden wrote about the anguish and bafflement of the twentieth century. This biography is not only a study of the life and ideas of a great poet, but a commentary on the wars, ideologies, spiritual questioning and sexual attitudes of the century in which he lived. 'Unless I write something, anything, good, indifferent, or trashy, every day, I feel ill,' Auden once said. His biography is therefore a study of a man who was supremely dedicated as a writer - a model of what it means to be a poet - and is also a book which delves into and examines Auden's immensely challenging theories of living. Auden is a book about play and fun and teasing; about the redemptive power of love; about political violence; Christianity and existentialism; shame, suffering and penitence; literary coteries in Europe and the United States; lust, addictions and self-destruction. Above all, Davenport- Hines's elegant, readable, and scholarly biography is a book for our times.","brand":"Davenport-Hines, R. P. T.","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":51149080396115,"sku":"XG80434175079","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":51149080428883,"sku":"9780434175079","price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/davenport-hines-r-p-t-r-p-t-davenport-hines-auden-1995-hardback-1172245053.jpg?v=1749409295","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/r-p-t-davenport-hines-auden-1995-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}