Aidan Wasley is associate professor of English at the University of Georgia.

"The reality of Auden's influence is undeniable, and Wasley's retracing is both nuanced and revealing."---James Gifford, Year's Work in English Studies --- "A poetry anthology is elevated to greatness when, in offering the work of artists at their best moments, it reveals clear affinities between the works. Wasley's effort is that scholarly rarity: a critical examination that functions as a great anthology." --- "This substantial study focuses on his life and work after his emigration to America just before World War II, and his profound influence on younger US poets. . . . As a work of old-style literary criticism based on close textual analysis, this is a book for students, and for lovers of Auden and post-war American poetry." --- "Auden's productivity and out-flung array of styles complicate Mr. Wasley's chosen task of tracking influences—and render it all the more gratifying when he unfolds some unexpected linkage. He is surely right when pointing out that no other poet of our time has assembled so disparate a circle of admirers. Auden's followers range from James Merrill to Allen Ginsberg, Anthony Hecht to Adrienne Rich, Robert Hayden to Maxine Kumin, Joseph Brodsky to John Ashbery. . . . Though Auden's influence is powerful and broad, The Age of Auden helpfully delineates its borders. The battle of literary reputations takes place in a dusty arena, and W. H. Auden will surely be one of those titanic figures that loom through whatever dim clouds arise. He will remain unignorable."---Brad Leithauser, Wall Street Journal --- "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011" --- "Winner of the 2012 SAMLA Studies Award, South Atlantic Modern Language Association"