Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Chronology xi
4. PROLOGUE: CALIBAN’S ISLAND 1
5. PART ONE Marsh
6. 1 THE HISTORICAL CHILD: MUSIC, WAR, AND SEX, 1907–1922 39
7. PART TWO Moor
8. 2 MINING THE COUNTRYSIDE: HAUNTED PASTORALISM, 1922–1925 95
9. 3 THE RHINO AND THE CHILD: ABJECT MODERNISM, 1925–1927 144
10. 4 THE ENGLISH KEYNOTE: VIOLENT WORDS, 1927–1928 196
11. 5 STRANGE MEETINGS: ENGLISH IN GERMANY, 1928–1929 247
12. PART THREE Garden
13. 6 THE ENGLISH CELL: DREAMS AND VISIONS, 1929–1932 309
14. 7 THE FLOOD: FEAR AND LOVE, 1932–1935 372
15. 8 IMAGES IN THE DARK: PROPHECIES AND CHANGE, 1935–1936 439
16. EPILOGUE: THE ISLAND’S CALIBAN 505
17. Explanation of Auden’s: Texts and Editions 539
18. Abbreviations 545
19. Notes 553
20. Credits and Permissions 691
21. Acknowledgments 693
22. Index to Auden’s Titles and First Lines 699
23. General Index 705