College - Author 1
College of Liberal Arts
Department - Author 1
English Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BA in English
Date
3-2010
Primary Advisor
Kevin Clark
Abstract/Summary
Travis McDonald: “‘In Memory of W. B. Yeats’: Elegy for a Man and an Ideal” W. H. Auden’s 1939 elegy for W. B. Yeats recognizes the passing of his contemporary as well his own belief in the social efficacy of poetry. The form of the elegy serves the traditional commemorative purpose while simultaneously enabling Auden to critique both Yeats and politically intentioned art.
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