Poetry for Historians: Or, W.H. Auden an
β Carolyn Steedman
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2018
π ManchesterUP
π English
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Poetry for historians: Or, W. H. Auden and history
β Scribed by Carolyn Steedman
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
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- 304
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- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
What is the point of poetry for historians? The answer lies in this new 'history of history', which looks at the question through the prism of W. H. Audenβs Cold War history poems and of poetry and history education from the eighteenth century to the present day.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front matter
Epigraph
Contents
Introduction
Part I: History
Servant poets: An Ode on a Dishclout
W. H. Auden and the servants
The uses of Clio
An education
W. H. Auden and me
Caesura: a worker reads history and a historian writes poetry
Part II: Historiography
Makers of History
Homage to Clio
The Ridiculous Historianβs Hopes
Conclusion
Permissions
Bibliography
Index
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