This guide to Auden's compelling work offers:

• an accessible introduction to the contexts and many interpretations of Auden's texts, from publication to the present
• an introduction to key critical texts and perspectives on Auden's life and work, situated in a broader critical history
• cross-references between sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of W.H. Auden and seeking not only a guide to his works but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds them.