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Analysis and comments on September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden

Comment 2 of 2, added on July 15th, 2006 at 4:09 PM.

The Newberry Library, in Chicago, has recently acquired a wonderful calligraphy piece by Carl Kurtz (Kansas City Art Institute) entitled "September 1, 1939", which uses critical lines of the poem to make a symbolic picture. As of this writing, the new acquisition is not yet catalogued, but it should be soon, and then will be available for the public to study. (7/15/06)

Marilyn Justman from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on December 6th, 2005 at 1:35 PM.

Christopher Hitchens' concluding seven-page chapter of his book _Why Orwell Matters_ beautifully reconstructs George Orwell's changing understanding of Auden's great poem "September 1, 1939. A good place to begin deeper research. Follow it up by reading pertinent parts of Orwell's essay "Inside the Whale."

John Wilder from United States



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Poet: W. H. Auden
Poem: September 1, 1939
Added: Feb 20 2003
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