Chapter Two. W. H. Auden, Ralph Ellison, and the Midcentury Anxiety Consensus

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction. The Midcentury Problem 1
5. Chapter One. The Timely Suspensions of Elizabeth Bishop’s A Cold Spring 40
6. Chapter Two. W. H. Auden, Ralph Ellison, and the Midcentury Anxiety Consensus 83
7. Chapter Three. Elizabeth Bowen and Samuel Beckett Waiting in the Middle 136
8. Chapter Four. The Sonic Suspensions of Frank O’Hara 180
9. Afterword 225
10. Notes 231
11. Select Bibliography 267
12. Index 279