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W.H. Auden's Poetry: Art, Suffering, and Society - Lecture 23

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This lecture examines W. H. Auden’s poetry through “Musée des Beaux Arts,” “In Memory of W. B. Yeats,” “In Memory of Sigmund Freud,” and “In Praise of Limestone.” It considers art and suffering, poetry’s place in society, Freud’s talking cure as a model for poetry-making, and secular earthly paradise.

Syllabus

- Chapter 1. W. H. Auden: Another Time.
- Chapter 2. W. H. Auden Poem: "Musée des Beaux Arts".
- Chapter 3. W. H. Auden Poem: "In Memory of W. B. Yeats".
- Chapter 4. W. H. Auden Poem: "In Memory of Sigmund Freud".
- Chapter 5. W. H. Auden Poem: "In Praise of Limestone".

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