English Literature / Unit 17 ENL 1602 short lesson, about 20 seconds
W. H. Auden
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The idea
W. H. Auden, born in nineteen-oh-seven, was the leading poet of the nineteen thirties, writing on love, politics and psychology. In nineteen thirty-nine he moved to the United States and became an American citizen in nineteen forty-six while keeping his British citizenship.
In practice
Thirties poet, then American.
Where people slip
Auden moved to America in nineteen thirty-nine.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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