停止所有时钟:焦虑时代中的W.H.奥登

  • W.H. 奥登 阿兰·本奈特
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  • WHAudenInANewAgeOfAnxietyexamineswhyAuden'spoetrys… WHAudenInANewAgeOfAnxietyexamineswhyAuden'spoetrystillshinesthroughinthe21stcentury.ThirtyyearsafterhisBBCfilmTheAudenLandscape,directorAdamLowreturnstothepoetandhiswork.Followingsurgesofpopularity-fromfeaturinginFourWeddingsAndAFuneraltobeingthepoetNewYorkersturnedtoafter9\\\/11-LowrevealshowAuden'spoetryhelpsustobetterunderstandthe21stcenturyandthetumultuouspoliticalclimateinwhichwenowlive.Whydoesthepoet-whobeganasthegoldenboyofthe1930sandendedupasthecraggy-facedlaureateweneverhad-haveagreaterholdonourimaginationsthaneverbefore?WritersAlanBennett,PollyClark,AlexanderMcCallSmithandRichardCurtisandpoetsJamesFentonandPaulMuldoonsharetheirpassionforAuden,andcelebratethepotent,movingimpactofhiswork.Duringhislifetime,Audenwasoftenanoutsider.AgaymanatatimewhenhomosexualitywasillegalinBritain,hebecameanAmericancitizenfrom1946andhisreputationinBritainsuffereddisastrouslyfromhisdecisiontoleaveEnglandin1939andtostayinAmericathroughouttheSecondWorldWar.However,thepopularityofAuden'sworkhasincreased.Apoetwhocoupledtechnicalskillandemotionalhonestyandwasabletoengagesimultaneouslywiththeeverydayandtheuniversal;perhapsthisisthereasonhehasremainedrelevant.Hisparticularcombinationofhumanityandscepticismseemstoappealmoreandmoretothisgeneration,onesurroundedbypoliticaluncertaintyandassailedbyanxietyaboutthefuture.Thisfilmprobesthepeculiarholdthatthisangryyoungmanofthe1930sstillhasonourindividualpsyches.

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