Letters from Iceland: W.H. Auden, Louis MacNeice

Synopsis:

This highly amusing and unorthodox travel book resulted from a light-hearted summer journey by the young poets Auden and MacNeice in 1936. Their letters home, in verse and prose, are full of private jokes and irreverent comments about people, politics, literature and ideas. Letters from Iceland is one of the most entertaining books in modern literature; from Auden's 'Letter to Lord Byron' and MacNeice's 'Eclogue', to the mischief and fun of their joint 'Last Will and Testament', the book is impossible to resist - a 1930s classic.

Tags:

Categorised as:
Non-fiction
Sub-categories:
Travel
Genres & Themes:
Anecdotes; Exploration; Letters; Travelogue
Letters from Iceland book cover

Selected edition:
Paperback
ISBN:
9780571132973
Published:
01.11.2002
No of pages:
256
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