Literary critics have much to say about the process of influence and are often most perceptive in spotting patterns of influence, but we rarely hear from writers themselves about how they think this process works, though there are thing that only they can tell us. And how we understand Auden today, and will understand him in the years to come, depends largely on the way his work lives on in the writing of others. but an enduring influence is what the poet should hope to achieve." It is a testimony to Auden's enormous achievement that he has been a primary influence on the best of the poets who have come after him. John Keats, struggling with ideas of fame and trying to formulate his own literary goals, concluded that "not a great name. This issue of the Newsletter inaugurates a new series of contemporary poets talking about the influence Auden has had on their work. An exhibition on Auden's Pennine Landscapes.First book publication of translations by Auden.
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