Analysis of The Age of Anxiety
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In Auden's lengthy poem, The Age of Anxiety_, he follows the actions and
thoughts of four characters who happen to meet in a bar during a war.
Their interactions with one another lead them on an imaginary quest in
their minds in which they attempt, without success, to discover
themselves. The themes and ideas that Auden's The Age of Anxiety
conveys reflect his belief that man's quest for self-actualization is in
vain.
W. H. Auden …
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…Hall & Co., 1991. Barrows, Marjorie Wescott, ed., et al. The American Experience: Poetry. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. Kunitz, Stanley J. And Haycraft, Howard, eds. Twentieth Century Authors. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1942. Magill, Frank N., ed. Critical Survey of Poetry. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1982. Nelson, Gerald. "From Changes of Heart (The Age of Anxiety)." Critical Essays on W. H. Auden. Ed. George W. Bahlke. New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1991.
…Hall & Co., 1991. Barrows, Marjorie Wescott, ed., et al. The American Experience: Poetry. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1974. Kunitz, Stanley J. And Haycraft, Howard, eds. Twentieth Century Authors. New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1942. Magill, Frank N., ed. Critical Survey of Poetry. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1982. Nelson, Gerald. "From Changes of Heart (The Age of Anxiety)." Critical Essays on W. H. Auden. Ed. George W. Bahlke. New York: G. K. Hall & Co., 1991.
