ENGL 310: Modern Poetry
Lecture 23 - W. H. Auden (cont.). In this second lecture on W.H. Auden, the relationship between art and suffering is considered in Auden's treatment of Brueghel's "Fall of Icarus" in the poem "Musee des Beaux Arts." Auden's reflections on the place of art in society are explored in the elegies "In Memory of W.B. Yeats" and "In Memory of Sigmund Freud," where Freud's "talking cure" is recast as a model for poetry-making. Finally, "In Praise of Limestone" is considered as a late allegorical vision of a secular, non-transcendental earthly paradise. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 23 - W. H. Auden (cont.) |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. W. H. Auden: "Another Time" |
| [00:07:17] | 2. W. H. Auden Poem: "Musee des Beaux Arts" |
| [00:18:44] | 3. W. H. Auden Poem: "In Memory of W. B. Yeats" |
| [00:35:12] | 4. W. H. Auden Poem: "In Memory of Sigmund Freud" |
| [00:46:08] | 5. W. H. Auden Poem: "In Praise of Limestone" |
| References |
| Lecture 23 - W. H. Auden (cont.) Instructor: Professor Langdon Hammer. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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