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Forewords and Afterwords
Forewords and Afterwords by W.H. Auden
A collection of essays, including reviews, all written on occasion, for a particular book.
It produces a great variety of subjects.
Some are of period interest, of various kinds. The appropriate treatment for migraines being psychoanalysis? On the other hand, this is where I read his observation about how going over to Rome was a shocking scandal in the upper classes -- like the birth of an illegitimate baby -- but something that did happen, whereas becoming a Baptist was inconceivable.
Much about poets and other writers, some interesting observations on heroes, and more.
A collection of essays, including reviews, all written on occasion, for a particular book.
It produces a great variety of subjects.
Some are of period interest, of various kinds. The appropriate treatment for migraines being psychoanalysis? On the other hand, this is where I read his observation about how going over to Rome was a shocking scandal in the upper classes -- like the birth of an illegitimate baby -- but something that did happen, whereas becoming a Baptist was inconceivable.
Much about poets and other writers, some interesting observations on heroes, and more.