'The Map of All My Youth'

This is the first volume in an exciting new series on the work of the poet W. H. Auden. It contains a large amount of previously unpublished material by Auden, including six poems from the early 1930s, and a complete version of an important early essay, Writing. There is a selection from his letters, particularly to Stephen Spender, and there are essays on Auden and his work by leading contemporary scholars. Together the essays form an illuminating overview of Auden's work and opinions, and those of his literary and social circle circle.