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The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays Paperback – December 1, 1989

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In this volume, W. H. Auden assembled, edited, and arranged the best of his prose writing, including the famous lectures he delivered as Oxford Professor of Poetry. The result is less a formal collection of essays than an extended and linked series of observations--on poetry, art, and the observation of life in general. The Dyer's Hand is a surprisingly personal, intimate view of the author's mind, whose central focus is poetry--Shakespearean poetry in particular--but whose province is the author's whole experience of the twentieth century.

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December 1, 1989
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5.3 x 1.2 x 8 inches
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0679724842
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978-0679724841
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In this volume, W. H. Auden assembled, edited, and arranged the best of his prose writing, including the famous lectures he delivered as Oxford Professor of Poetry. The result is less a formal collection of essays than an extended and linked series of observations--on poetry, art, and the observation of life in general. The Dyer's Hand is a surprisingly personal, intimate view of the author's mind, whose central focus is poetry--Shakespearean poetry in particular--but whose province is the author's whole experience of the twentieth century.

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In this volume, W. H. Auden assembled, edited, and arranged the best of his prose writing, including the famous lectures he delivered as Oxford Professor of Poetry. The result is less a formal collection of essays than an extended and linked series of observations--on poetry, art, and the observation of life in general. The Dyer's Hand is a surprisingly personal, intimate view of the author's mind, whose central focus is poetry--Shakespearean poetry in particular--but whose province is the author's whole experience of the twentieth century.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; 1st edition (December 1, 1989)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679724842
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679724841
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 1.2 x 8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #248,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Vlad Lucien

Book arrived as promised!

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A book of splendid essays by one of the world’s greatest poets! Book arrived in great condition and in good time!

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Dennislmlewis

Indispensable collection

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2013

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This is a collection of some of Auden's best-known essays published throughout his long career. I'm especially grateful for inclusion of Auden's Oxford Poetry Professor lectures. The book would greatly benefit from careful annotation and an index, but it is still indispensable for the Auden scholar.

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mary ann

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2017

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Great book...fast delivery. Thanks!

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alan f johnson

A celebrated poet looks at other writers and poets works

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2015

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Exceptional wisdom in Auden as he reviews key literary works and analyzes their main messages.

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Patricia M Kalvar

A Short Answer to a silly question

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2013

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These essays are written by Wystan Hugh Auden--a Major English poet of the 20th century.--a man of learning, wit and ironic ntelligence. I shoud Think anyone who buys Auden in the first place is well aware of those gifts and will naturally enjoy these writings., I have no more to say!

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Jeremy Garber

Christianity, Poetry, and Art

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2009

A wonderful but uneven collection of Auden's prosaic yet poetic musings on art, philosophy, and religion. The first couple sections are the best - a collection of Auden's snarky aphorisms about poetry, art, and reading ("Readers are like the young boys who scribble mustaches on the faces of girls in magazine advertisements"). The essay "The Virgin and the Dynamo" is an understated but forceful attack on philosophical materialism and determinsim, while "The Poet and the City" examines the relation of the individual versus the faceless mob. The "Postscript on Christianity and Art" is also quite good. The rest are more specific essays on various poets and playwrights - read them for your lit crit class but not on your own.

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excellent, thoughtful work of general criticism

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2002

This book of essays is a wonderful and surprising work, by the clear-minded and perceptive poet W.H. Auden. It is not a formal methodical work, like one would expect from a critic, but rather a poetic creation that provokes thought rather than defining thoughts. Auden's way of relating all sorts of things to each other, from opera to art to Shakespeare to everyday life, makes for a very mind-refreshing read. For anyone who has an interest in literature, art, or philosophy, this is a great choice.

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An enjoyable read

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2002

Casual in a sense, not twist your brain all up in the ugly way that a lot of "theorists" seem to like to. It's straight talk about poetry. Great length too.

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Ritwij Mishra

Poets, take note!

Reviewed in India on October 3, 2019

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I recommend every modern fellow poet to read this. To those in particular who I encounter at every major Slam or an Open Mic event at major metropolises of our country, to those who believe that growing a critical appreciation of the cogs and nuances of poetry and reading great poets both dead and living is a futile exercise simply because the audience would never take heed of it or "understand" it, I recommend this even more with even more earnestness. This here was a poet who, unlike many we find certifying themselves as being "poets" - rather than the more deservedly apt epithet, "writers of poetry" - took the writing life, the writing process, the writing psyche and the writing both of himself and that of others as seriously as he did all else these entail.

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Excellent book and its delivery.

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Reviewed in Germany on October 31, 2015

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Ein merkwürdige Dichter.
I have found great enjoyment from this anglo-american poet.

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Strongly recommend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 26, 2014

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Marvellous essays from a Master.
To my surprise he has most interesting comments on "system": when is an object a system, and when is it not!

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