Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface viii
4. I. Everything That Counts Is Well Veiled: Poems 1
5. II. The Curative Power of Love: On This Island 40
6. III. Poetry Makes Nothing Happen: Another Time 81
7. IV. A Sort of Practical Holiday: Letter to Lord Byron 171
8. V. A Civitas of Sound: New Year Letter 210
9. VI. God Will Cheat No One: For the Time Being 242
10. VII. Amor Loci: Nones 294
11. VIII. In Solitude, for Company: The Shield of Achilles 372
12. IX. The Hidden Law 438
13. Acknowledgments 465
14. Index of Auden’s Works 469
15. General Index 473