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In the 1950s, W. H. Auden and his companion Chester Kallman, spent their summers on the island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples. It was there, in 1954, that the young American traveler Thekla Clark met and befriended the two poets and it is there that her enchanting story begins.
The first nuanced, personal portrait of Auden and Kallman's relationship of more than thirty years Wystan and Chester opens a window on a central aspect of Auden's life that has been overlooked by most biographies and critical studies. This vivid revealing memoir, enlivened with 15 photographs by Clark, Auden and others, gives an entirely fresh perspective on Auden's monumental legacy.
W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, born in England, later an American citizen, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His work is noted for its stylistic and technical achievements, its engagement with moral and political issues, and its variety of tone, form and content. The central themes of his poetry are love, politics and citizenship, religion and morals, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.
CONDITION: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket, 1996, 130 pages. Light wear to dust jacket. Columbia University Press, 1st printing.
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